Langston Ursula Davies was born on February 11, 1932 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was the youngest of six children born to the late John Paul Davies and Ruth Woolridge Davies. He was a devoted husband and father. Langston married his beloved Leila Pearl Holman on May 24, 1959. They were married for fifty-five (55) glorious years before she passed in 2014. He departed this life on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at the Casey House in Rockville, Maryland through Montgomery Hospice.

Langston was educated in Lynchburg, Virginia public schools and graduated from Dunbar High School. He continued his education at Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley, Georgia and studied Agronomy. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He left school to join the Navy and studied to be an electrician.
After his tour of duty he spent many years employed with Xerox Corporation where he worked as a technician. Langston was a “jack of all trades”; he was skilled as a locksmith, landscaper, car salesman, and carpenter.

At an early age, Langston was baptized at Diamond Hill Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia and later his spiritual journey led him to Virginia Seminary. Langston and Leila established residency in Washington, D.C. and in October of 1960 joined Canaan Baptist Church, which was located on Georgia Avenue NW. While at Canaan he served the church as a Deacon, an usher on the Senior Usher Board, a Church School teacher, a spiritual leader and advisor to the Deacons and a member of the Second Choir and the Sanctuary Choir (formerly the Senior Choir). He and Leila Pearl often provided breakfast for the church members.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; his sisters, Jessie D. Scott of Marietta, Georgia; Freddie C. Pinn of Lynchburg, Virginia; Beatrice Sayles of Newport News, Virginia and his brothers, John P. Davies of Washington, DC and Alfred Davies of Amherst, Virginia.

Langston is survived by his non-binary child, August Davies (Celeste) of Los Angeles, California; daughter, Ursula Davies of Chevy Chase, Maryland; granddaughter, Nirel Davies of Los Angeles, California; grand-niece, Danielle Baker of Alexandria, Virginia and a host of other nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends.

Nahum 1:7 The Lord is good; a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.