Montgomery, Alabama
Romay Davis, 102, poses with a photo showing her during World War II, at her home in Montgomery, Ala., Monday, July 25, 2022. Davis is being honored for her service with the all-female, all-Black 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which got mail to U.S. troops in Europe during the war.
Davis was also well known and a beloved employee at Winn-Dixie in Montgomery, where she worked until she was 101. Action 8 News was at the Sturbridge Winn-Dixie for herDavis served as a deacon at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery, the church where Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was pastor in the 1950s.
Her name is etched on the 6888th Central Postal Battalion Monument at the Buffalo Soldier Military Park in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Winn-Dixie has established the “Romay Davis Belonging, Inclusion & Diversity Grant” in her honor. This program continues her life-long community commitment by supporting organizations that address racial disparity in health care, food insecurity and education. This grant has awarded 104 grants totaling $1 million since 2020.
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