When Percy Herman Davis was born on 3 October 1925, in Dan River, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, his father, Lacy Oliver Davis, was 29 and his mother, Viola Lee Ricketts, was 30. He married Dorothy Lewis on 2 November 1946, in Chatham, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States. He lived in Tunstall Magisterial District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States for about 5 years. In 1978, at the age of 52, his occupation is listed as tobacco farmer in Danville, Virginia, United States. He died on 22 August 1978, in Memorial Hospital, Danville, Virginia, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia, United States.