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 Banning Record Gazette – 04/05/2007
James Christopher Davenport 57, born March 12, 1949 in Riverside County, passed away March 5 in Cherry Valley. He was raised in Pasadena and graduated from Pasadena High School. He was a single man, a brother and son. He is survived by his mother, Catherine M. Barlow of La Habra; sister Patricia Mather of Whittier; brothers Richard Davenport of San Jacinto, Chuck Davenport of Happy Valley, Oregon and Christopher Davenport of Monrovia. He served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and received four service metals. He was known by his friends as James Dean. He loved to tell a good story. He enjoyed going to the Moose Lodge and the Eagles Lodge and if possible with his dog by his side.
Service were scheduled for Riverside National Cemetery with a military honor guard.
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Joel Olinger
Jimmy and I were neighbors in the Brandon St area of east Pasadena. We used to roller skate at the Moonlight Roller Rink. We played basketball at the local Boy's Club at Besse Park not too far from Bob's Big Boy. He and I were a great basketball duo often scoring 20+ each in Boy's Club LA area basketball tournaments. Jim or Jimmy, as we called him, had a great set shot. I recall him playing Pony League Baseball alongside David Buchanan the great running back from Muir High School. We also played hundreds of hours of 'whiffleball' games over the years. We played a lot of monopoly in the summers. We laughed a lot and shared many teen years before both of went into the U.S. Army. He served two tours in Vietnam. I'm sorry to hear that he passed on a few years ago while I was living in Australia, I hadn't heard of his passing until I returned to the USA in 2014 and viewed Jerry's video. Bless you Jimmy for all of the good times we had together. We were good friends.
James Goodwin
A real good friend in school. We had PE together. Liked him on my team. Good guyCarol Nielson
Yes, Jim Davenport. We talked a lot and I liked him. A sweet guy.