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Victor Jerome Davis, lovingly named by his Aunt Betty was born the only child to Dorothy J. Wise on January 15, 1956 in San Diego, California. Victor attended St. Rita’s Catholic School, St. Jude’s Catholic School, Knox Elementary, Bell Middle School, Dana Middle School, and received his Diploma from Point Loma High School in 1974 […]

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