Founder of Mid-Carolina Orthopedics John Davis Dies

Orthopedic surgeon John E. Davis, M.D., who founded Mid-Carolina Orthopedics in North Carolina, passed away on July 7, 2022, at the age of 79. He was in the care of Hospice House in Landrum, South Carolina at the time.

Dr. Davis touched the lives of many. He served as a physician in Vietnam and at the Naval Hospital in Oakland, California. After being honorably discharged from the Navy in June 1971 at the rank of lieutenant., he completed a four-year residency in orthopedics in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and became board certified by the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

He then founded Mid-Carolina Orthopedics where he served patients in Tryon and Rutherfordton, North Carolina for over 30 years. The constant honing of his skills was very important to him so as such, he was a member of many organizations including Eastern Orthopedic Association, the Southern Orthopedic Association, and the North American Spine Society.

Dr. Davis was born to the late Henry W. and Ruth M. Davies Davis and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He went to Boardman High School where he played varsity football and golf. After graduating in 1960, he attended Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. While there he played football and lacrosse and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He then went on to earn his medical degree in 1968 from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He also completed an internship at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

He is survived by his wife Judy Byars Davis, his three children, Katherine J. Davis of Boise, Idaho, James P. Davis of Bostic, North Carolina, and Casey B. Davis of San Francisco, California, his stepson, John M. Gibson, II, his grandsons Alder and William Davis and his brother James H. Davis. He was predeceased by his parents and sister Cathy L. Spat.