Greg Davis | |
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Mayor of Southaven, Mississippi | |
In office 1997–2013 | |
Preceded by | Joe Cates |
Succeeded by | Darren Musselwhite |
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 7th district | |
In office 1991–1997 | |
Preceded by | John Grisham |
Succeeded by | Wanda Taylor Jennings |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Gregory Davis February 22, 1966[1] Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Mississippi State University |
Profession | Engineer, politician |
Charles Gregory Davis, known as Greg Davis (born February 22, 1966) is an American attorney and the former mayor of Southaven in northern Mississippi, the state's fourth largest city, from 1997 to 2013. Prior to serving as mayor, he represented the 7th district in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He was the Republican Party's nominee for Mississippi's 1st congressional district in the 2008 special and general elections.
In 2012, he was convicted on charges of embezzlement, false pretense, and making fraudulent statements and was later sentenced, however his conviction was overturned in a 2017 retrial and found not guilty. Greg attended Mitchell Hamline School of Law where he received his Juris Doctor degree in December 2021. After passing the Mississippi Bar in February 2022, he was admitted to practice law in July 2022. He currently has a practice (Davis Law MS, PLLC) located in Hernando, MS.