Mr. Sam Davis

Ms. Gretchen Davis created this scholarship in memory of her father, Charles Leon Davis, and in honor of her brother, Samuel D. Davis, in the hopes of encouraging high school students from Jones County, North Carolina to attend the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at NC State University. Among a few of his achievements, Charles L. Davis, was a NC State alumnus in Agricultural Economics and Plant Breeding, a hybrid corn breeder, a life-time member of the NC Foundation Seed Producers, Inc., and 1970 Seedsmen of the Year and President of the NC Seedsmen’s Association in 1976. His son, Samuel D. Davis, was a 1970 alumnus in Business-Crop Science and Vice-Chairman of Jones County’s Soil and Water Conservation District. He was also a long time Director of the NC Agricultural Foundation. This scholarship is awarded to students from Jones County.