Thurmond to Recommend Fleet Building Be Renamed After Bus Mechanic

Interim DeKalb schools superindent Michael Thurmond will recommend to the board that the Fleet Building on its campus be named after a county bus mechanic who was laid to rest this week.

The district announced Wednesday that Thurmond will make a recommendation at the July 1 school board meeting that the building be renamed the "Gregory K. Davis Fleet Service Center."

Davis, of Stone Mountain, passed away after collapsing at a recent school board budget meeting. He was described by those who knew him as dedicated to education, according to an AJC obituary. Davis, 51, was a member of the Organization of DeKalb Educators.

There are plans to hold a dedication ceremomy with the Davis family in September, the district said.