Fulham Fairchild (Ki) Davies, aged 82, of 4206 South Lookout Street, who in 1923 opened the Little Rock office of Fenner and Beane (now Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith), died Friday at Plant City, Fla.
He ws born at Helena, Mont., son of the late Robert Geddes and Margaret Fulham Davies. His grandfather, Anthony Harpin Davies, was a pioneer Arkansan -- a Lake Village plantation owner, president of the First Arkansas Bank and a member of the Territorial Convention and the first Arkansas General Assembly. His father incorporated the city of Hot Springs and served as its first city attorney.
Mr. Davies, whose office was one of the few in the country to remain open during the Depression, started in the stock brokerage business in Oklahoma as a telegraph operator. Before opening the LIttle Rock office, he had operated a Fenner and Beane branch at Hot Springs, and had been a telegraph operator at Ottawa, Canada, for two Parliamentary sessions. Beginning with an Elks Club production in 1928, Mr. Davies participated in many civic club theatrical shows, making his last appearance at a Kiwanis Club minstrel in the early 1950s. At one time he was involved in a motion picture venture with a Hot Springs partner, and one film, a silent documentary entitled "The Human Shield" was produced. Mr. Davies directed the film and played a leading role. The other start was Miss Aline Lower, whom he married when the picture was completed.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Little Rock Club and the Rotary Club of Little Rock, as well as having attained membership in Merrill Lynch's Quarter Century Club.
After World War II, he was a Red Cross volunteer at the North Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital.
He ws born at Helena, Mont., son of the late Robert Geddes and Margaret Fulham Davies. His grandfather, Anthony Harpin Davies, was a pioneer Arkansan -- a Lake Village plantation owner, president of the First Arkansas Bank and a member of the Territorial Convention and the first Arkansas General Assembly. His father incorporated the city of Hot Springs and served as its first city attorney.
Mr. Davies, whose office was one of the few in the country to remain open during the Depression, started in the stock brokerage business in Oklahoma as a telegraph operator. Before opening the LIttle Rock office, he had operated a Fenner and Beane branch at Hot Springs, and had been a telegraph operator at Ottawa, Canada, for two Parliamentary sessions. Beginning with an Elks Club production in 1928, Mr. Davies participated in many civic club theatrical shows, making his last appearance at a Kiwanis Club minstrel in the early 1950s. At one time he was involved in a motion picture venture with a Hot Springs partner, and one film, a silent documentary entitled "The Human Shield" was produced. Mr. Davies directed the film and played a leading role. The other start was Miss Aline Lower, whom he married when the picture was completed.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Little Rock Club and the Rotary Club of Little Rock, as well as having attained membership in Merrill Lynch's Quarter Century Club.
After World War II, he was a Red Cross volunteer at the North Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital.
Fulham Fairchild (Ki) Davies, aged 82, of 4206 South Lookout Street, who in 1923 opened the Little Rock office of Fenner and Beane (now Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith), died Friday at Plant City, Fla.
He ws born at Helena, Mont., son of the late Robert Geddes and Margaret Fulham Davies. His grandfather, Anthony Harpin Davies, was a pioneer Arkansan -- a Lake Village plantation owner, president of the First Arkansas Bank and a member of the Territorial Convention and the first Arkansas General Assembly. His father incorporated the city of Hot Springs and served as its first city attorney.
Mr. Davies, whose office was one of the few in the country to remain open during the Depression, started in the stock brokerage business in Oklahoma as a telegraph operator. Before opening the LIttle Rock office, he had operated a Fenner and Beane branch at Hot Springs, and had been a telegraph operator at Ottawa, Canada, for two Parliamentary sessions. Beginning with an Elks Club production in 1928, Mr. Davies participated in many civic club theatrical shows, making his last appearance at a Kiwanis Club minstrel in the early 1950s. At one time he was involved in a motion picture venture with a Hot Springs partner, and one film, a silent documentary entitled "The Human Shield" was produced. Mr. Davies directed the film and played a leading role. The other start was Miss Aline Lower, whom he married when the picture was completed.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Little Rock Club and the Rotary Club of Little Rock, as well as having attained membership in Merrill Lynch's Quarter Century Club.
After World War II, he was a Red Cross volunteer at the North Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital.
He ws born at Helena, Mont., son of the late Robert Geddes and Margaret Fulham Davies. His grandfather, Anthony Harpin Davies, was a pioneer Arkansan -- a Lake Village plantation owner, president of the First Arkansas Bank and a member of the Territorial Convention and the first Arkansas General Assembly. His father incorporated the city of Hot Springs and served as its first city attorney.
Mr. Davies, whose office was one of the few in the country to remain open during the Depression, started in the stock brokerage business in Oklahoma as a telegraph operator. Before opening the LIttle Rock office, he had operated a Fenner and Beane branch at Hot Springs, and had been a telegraph operator at Ottawa, Canada, for two Parliamentary sessions. Beginning with an Elks Club production in 1928, Mr. Davies participated in many civic club theatrical shows, making his last appearance at a Kiwanis Club minstrel in the early 1950s. At one time he was involved in a motion picture venture with a Hot Springs partner, and one film, a silent documentary entitled "The Human Shield" was produced. Mr. Davies directed the film and played a leading role. The other start was Miss Aline Lower, whom he married when the picture was completed.
He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, the Little Rock Club and the Rotary Club of Little Rock, as well as having attained membership in Merrill Lynch's Quarter Century Club.
After World War II, he was a Red Cross volunteer at the North Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital.
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