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Remembering Trotwood’s ‘Boo’ Davis
LAMAR ‘BOO’ DAVIS
DIED TOO YOUNG;
YET HE CONTINUES
TO IMPACT LIVES OF
FAMILY & FRIENDS
Exactly one year ago today, my life changed.
The lives of everyone who knew Lamar “Boo” Davis Jr. changed.
I was in the upstairs “bonus room” of The Miamisburg War Room, helping my son put together a weight set — the bench, bar and free weights — when the call came in.
“Boo” was gone.
The Trotwood-Madison High School freshman basketball star had collapsed and died during an open-gym workout at Wayne High School. He was 15.
Boo, a 6-foot-5, 210 pounder, averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots per game for the Dayton Basketball Club’s Kingdom Elite AAU team and was considered one of the finest players for his age — not only in Ohio, but the Midwest.
Boo’s jersey number “21” was retired in a ceremony at the Kingdom Sports Center in Franklin, Ohio. His jersey is encased in glass on Kingdom’s “Wall of Fame.”
Grief counselors told grieving families that the best way to honor “Boo” is to keep his memory alive with stories. So if you see Boo’s family —parents Lamar Sr. and Gerie; his sister, Tarea, 11; and brother, Amari, 7 — don’t shy away. Mention Boo and the impact he had, and still has, on your life.
And you can still sign Boo’s “Guest Book” — powered by Legacy.com and brought to you by the Dayton Daily News — at:
http://www.legacy.com/Dayton/GB/GuestbookView.aspx?PersonId=95745085
An unbelievable 53 pages of comments to Boo already exist in the guest book. At the time, it was a record.
I say let’s shoot for 100 pages because this is one record that shouldn’t be broken.
Catch ya later, Boo. Until we meet again, keep rebounding, dunking, scoring and blocking.
Your friend, Chick Ludwig
NOTE — LUDWIG AT LARGE scheduled this blog entry for 11:08 a.m.; the exact time Boo was pronounced dead at Children’s Medical Center.
Boo’s obituary:
Boo’s feature story:
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