Phillip Lee Davison's Obituary
Phillip Lee Davison was born June 30, 1934 in Horton, Kansas to Paul and Esta Davison. He had one sister, Sharon, and two brothers David and James Michael (Mickey).
Phil was a devout Christian who served as a deacon in the church. He also helped build schools for several churches. His profession was machinist, but he loved to work with wood. Friends and family all have some treasure that he made for them in his garage.
His other love, AFTER his family, was fishing. When the girls were little, he had a boat in the San Pedro harbor where he spent every hour he could out on the ocean. He encouraged the girls to have a love for the ocean as well. Unfortunately, he married a woman who gets seasick just standing on the dock, so she rarely joined him.
After moving to Escondido, he made new fishing buddies and they started going down to Mexico for week-long excursions. Phil, Bob and Ed (and sometimes guests) would bring back enough fish to share. And of course, fish stories! He wrote a few fish stories for his work newsletter. Some of the facts might be questionable, but they sure were entertaining! His youngest daughter, Angela, would tell him – “Fisherman” and “Liar”, same word! He would tell people that he wasn’t lying; a good Christian could tell the truth nine different ways!
Three words to sum up Phil would be Faith, Family and Fishing!
He is survived by his spouse, Ruby Irene Davison, four children - Donna Hartman (Jeff), Dana MacDonald (Jerry), Lisa Prescott (John) and Angela Cook as well as 10 Grandchildren, 20 Great Grand-children (plus one more due to be delivered this month).
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