N. C. Davis Band, P. G. Lowery's Band (which was the first band made exclusively of African Americans to play at sideshows for the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus, and in which Davis' Mr. Trombonology was often a featured composition), the Lebanon Band, Nashville's Ladies Military Band, and the Gantry Brothers Circus Band. Later in his life, Davis was involved with a number of African-American organizations. He was elected a member of the executive committee of the Colored American Legion, and served for a time as secretary of the Tennessee Colored State Fair Association. Personal life Davis married Edith Rose Bonner in Nashville on December 6, 1926. Together they had one son Warren George Davis. Davis has several living grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren. He died in Atlanta, Georgia on December 19, 1972 and is buried in the city's South View Cemetery. References 1888 births 1972 deaths African-American classical composers American classical composers African-American male classical composers American male classical composers African-American music educators American bandleaders 20th-century American male musicians 20th-century African-American musicians