WALTER ELLIS DAVIS AKA "RAT", HE WAS BORN ON JANUARY 12,1970 TO BARBARA JEAN HINTON AND PASSED AWAY IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA ON AUGUST 25, 2022.  WALTER WAS A NATIVE OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA AND ATTENDED NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AT A YOUNG AGE, WALTER DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR SINGING. AS AN ADULT HE BECAME A HARD-CORE COWBOYS FAN.

WALTER IS PREDECEASED BY HIS GRANDPARENTS CORINE V. BRITT, RICHARD BRITT SR. AND HIS YOUNGEST SISTER BARBARA J. WHITEHURST.

WALTER LEAVES TO CHERISH FOND MEMORIES ONE SON WALTER E. GREEN OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA, HIS MOTHER BARBARA HINTON (GEORGE) OF NORFOLK, NYDIA S. DAVIS OF LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA. THREE BROTHERS DONALD L. BRITT (BRENDA), ERIC R. BRITT, GEORGE L. SAUNDERS ALL OF NORFOLK, VA, TWO SISTERS VERNA MARIE HOLLINGSWOTH-COWANS (JOE) OF PORTSMOUTH, VA, ANGELA GAINES OF NEWPORT NEWS, VA.  TWO MATERNAL UNCLES, RICHARD H. BRITT JR. OF RICHMOND, VA, TIM BRITT OF CHESAPEAKE, VA. AND THREE MATERNAL AUNTS: DELOIS COFFEE (THOMAS) AND CHRISTINA JENNIFER, MARY PULLEY ALL OF NORFOLK, VA.

WALTER ALSO LEAVES 4 GRANDCHILDREN, AND A HOST OF EXTENDED FAMILY, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY OF FAITH, SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY, HUMILITY, AND LOVE.