Amanda Davis: Public Viewing Set For News Anchor

ATLANTA, GA — A public viewing has been scheduled for beloved local news anchor Amanda Davis, who died this week after suffering a massive stroke while waiting for a flight at Hartsfield-Jackson airport.

The viewing will be held from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 2 at the Gregory Levett Funeral Home in Decatur. The funeral home is located at 4347 Flat Shoals Pkwy.

Funeral services for Davis, who was 62, will be announced at a later time, according to her obituary. CBS46, where Davis most recently worked, said that is likely to be a private service for family members and friends.

Davis died Wednesday. She had suffered a massive stroke on Tuesday while waiting to board a plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

An award-winning journalist, Davis, anchored the CBS 46 Morning News and CBS 46 News at Noon shows. Before joining the station, she spent 26 years at FOX affiliate WAGA.

Condolences from colleagues, public officials and viewers in metro Atlanta began pouring forth once news of Davis's death broke. Many talked about feeling personally close to her, particularly because she shared her own personal struggles with her viewers.

In 2012, Davis was arrested and charged with DUI after driving the wrong way on Piedmont Avenue in Midtown Atlanta, a charge she was later cleared of by a Fulton County judge, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

Following that arrest, she retired from the FOX affiliate and later joined CBS 46. In 2016, she did a three-part series with CBS 46 where she acknowledged she was an alcoholic and talked about her battle with, and recovery from, the disease.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clark Atlanta University and had one daughter. She was also the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Edward R. Murrow Award, nearly a dozen Southeast Regional Emmys, Georgia Association of Broadcasters Gabby Award and the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists Pioneer of the Year Award, CBS 46 notes.

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