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Nella Martin Pearson has sent information that Nancy passed away on January 23rd of lung cancer in Fort Worth, Texas. Nella included the following remembrance:
Nancy's family and the Martin Family have deep ties, all the way back to her mother being baptized as a baby down in Texas by my grandfather. Our parents were in school and college together in Houston, as were Nancy and I, both at Rice, and her younger sister and mine were best friends in Mt. Lebanon. Nancy was very brave and kept living her life for years through chemo and all that goes with it.
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Sharon Shuttleworth (Galm)
Nancy was adventurous, lively and fun. At every age, she loved to travel. Summers off from her career as a school guidance counselor allowed her to travel extensively, far and wide. She also traveled after retiring and during her cancer treatment, including four recent summer vacations in Chautauqua, New York with me and our classmate Linda Menke Graebner and our families. We always had a good time together. Nancy was a wonderful friend, and I'll miss her greatly.
Richard Esposito
With Nancy heading off, we've lost another from Miss Elliott's class...
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."
Gone where?
Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
Safe travels on the other side for a valued friend.
RE
Jean Kernahan (Bays)
I am sad to lose a wonderful friend. We kept in contact after high school all these years. She was a brave person and kept going as long as she could. I will miss her a lot.
Jean Kernahan Bays
Nancy Nuernberg (Smith)
Nancy was a good friend. She had a sly sense of humor! She was tall! She was smart! We kept in touch, each trying to out-travel the other (I lost). Her photography was stunning. Even after her cancer diagnosis, she continued to be active and positive. She is gone too soon.
Nancy Smith
Linda Menke (Graebner)
As I remember Nancy, I think of her zest for living and independent spirit. I admire the grace with which she faced her diagnosis. Nancy set a high bar for the rest of us. She was a wonderful and unique friend. I will miss her. Linda Menke Graebner
Jay Cheney
Nancy's Obituary.
Nancy G Davis
January 4, 1944 - January 23, 2021
Fort Worth, Texas - Nancy was born to parents James Haines Degnan and Barbara Ryman Degnan on January 4, 1944, in Houston, Texas. She was the eldest of three children. Nancy graduated from Mount Lebanon High School in 1961. She received her bachelor's degree at Rice University in 1965 and a master's degree at Baylor University.
Nancy started her teaching career at St Louis Catholic School in Waco, Texas. She worked as a school guidance counselor in the Fort Worth ISD for many years including schools such as Leonard Middle School and Dunbar High School. She touched many lives as a guidance counselor.
She was a world traveler, tennis player, Pilates enthusiast, and rearranged anything not to miss bridge on Thursdays. Nancy's world travels included Galapagos, Israel, South Africa, Milan, Iceland, Croatia, Vietnam, Puerto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, and Costa Rica just to name a few. She traveled with her tennis friends, with family, and with many other travel groups, making many friends along the way. Nancy became fluent in Spanish and did an emersion study in Guadalajara. Nancy's tennis was her largest social network. She loved playing tennis, but most of all she cherished the special friendships she made.
Nancy was a member of The Fort Worth Women's Club and Daughters of the American Revolution. She volunteered with the Fort Worth Historical Foundation and was involved with Sister Cities International.
Nancy is survived by son Warren Prather Davis, daughter Martha Ryman Davis, brother James Nye Degnan, and sister Mary Degnan Ames.
Nancy was generous with her donations, her last being her body, donated to the Medical Education & Research Institute through Genesis Legacy Whole Body Donation Foundation.
There will be a Celebration of Life for Nancy in the near future.