Teddy Eugene Davis

“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace." Acts 20:24 (NIV) Teddy Eugene Davis, also known as “The Bear”, transitioned to his heavenly home on Friday, July 11, 2014, after fighting a courageous battle with brain cancer. Born on April 16, 1974, Teddy was raised in Washington, DC where he attended and graduated from schools within the DC Public School System. After graduating from Calvin Coolidge High School in 1992 he attended the Recording Workshop in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he studied recording engineering, music production, studio maintenance, and audio production. Teddy’s musical performance career as a keyboardist began at the age of fourteen. His career allowed him to perform all over the United States and internationally, completing tours in China, Japan, England, Ireland, South Africa, Philippines, Jamaica, and the Virgin Islands. Teddy performed with many notable groups and artists, including but not limited to Heatwave, the Eban Brown Band, Miki Howard, and Calvin Richardson. For more than twelve years, he performed with The Stylistics as a dedicated member of The Style Orchestra. During his career he also worked in numerous studios including, but not limited to, Future Sound & Recording, New Horizon Recording Studios, Def Jam/Universal Records, East Coast Flava Recording Studios, Dream Sound Studios, Night Flight Recording Studios, and Reid Temple A.M.E. Church’s Recording Studio. Teddy recorded and/or served as a mix engineer for artists such as the 7 Sons of Soul, The Choir Boyz, Jessica Greene, Amos Saint Jean, Ginuwine, Raheem DeVaughn, 112, Dru Hill, Sisqo, Lil Mo, Total, and countless others. Teddy also had an entrepreneurial spirit serving as the owner of Bear Audio Consulting where he provided an array of services to enhance the audio needs of businesses in both the private and public sector. Additionally, he wrote beats, composed music, produced and engineered music through I Dream of Beats (IBD) Music Production with Robert Newkirk and Mark DoHawk. Teddy knew as a teenager that God blessed him with the ability to hear music from a unique perspective, a gift that enabled him to have a long-standing career in the music industry. In addition to traveling the world and working countless hours in recording studios he chose to expand his experience by serving as an engineer via Audio Assurance for Reid Temple A.M.E. Church. In 2011, Teddy became the first Audio Manager of Reid Temple A.M.E. Church of which he was also a member. There he also met and proposed to his wife D. Fredrica Brooks – Davis. Most recently, Teddy and his wife Fredrica founded the Brooks – Davis Institute for Brain Cancer Awareness. The organization was birthed from their personal experience of facing his brain tumor diagnosis, which they agreed to face together, after three months of marriage. Teddy was preceded in death by his father, Roger Robinson; brother, Roger Robinson, Jr.; paternal grandfather, Ralph Parker; and maternal aunt Laverne Parks. He leaves to cherish his memory, his devoted wife D. Fredrica Brooks- Davis; his two children, Theo Davis and Aliyah Baker, and stepdaughter Jamika Porter; mother, Joyce Davis; maternal grandparents, Bertha and Clyde Davis, Sr., who assisted in rearing him; paternal grandmother, Jean Walker; sister, LaResa Robinson; devoted father and mother “in love”, Allie E. Brooks, Jr. and Barbara E. Brooks; sister-in-law, Thelma S.E. Brooks; brother-in-law, Allie E. (Janell) Brooks, III; four nieces, GwenMarie Pierre, Hailey E. Brooks, Riley J. Johnson, and Allison E. Brooks; Godchildren, Vic’Tor D. Dickens and Kaitlyn E. Beckett; seven aunts, four uncles, and a host of cousins, relatives and loving friends.

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Teddy Eugene Davis

April 16, 1974 - July 11, 2014