Georgia Davis

Red Skelton Marries Former Model

by tfraymond
September 11, 2022September 10, 2022

Red Skelton Marries Former Model – originally printed in the Lewiston Morning Tribune – Mar 10, 1945

Hollywood, March 9 — (AP) Pfc. Richard (Red) Skelton, radio comedian who almost got married a year ago, made it today with 23-year-old Georgia Maureen Davis former photographer’s model from Casper, Wyo. as his bride.

Red Skelton with wife Georgia, son Richard, daughter Valentina

Red Skelton’s Son Dies Thinking of Mother

by tfraymond
August 28, 2022August 22, 2022

Red Skelton’s Son Dies Thinking of Mother – originally published in the Pittsburgh Press-Gazette, May 12, 1958

Writer tells how comedian and wife spent grief-filled hours after death

(Associated Press Hollywood Writer James Bacon is a long-time friend of Red and Georgia Skelton. He was with them Saturday night in their Bel-Air home when they returned from UCLA Medical Center, less than one hour after their son, Richard, lost his valiant fight with leukemiaemia.)

by tfraymond
February 13, 1945April 3, 2021

[Originally published in the Daytona Beach Morning Journal – Feb 13, 1945]

Richmond, Va. Feb. 12 – (AP) – Pvt. Richard “Red” Skelton, the radio comedian and motion picture actor, said here today that he and Miss Georgia Davis, of Kalispell, Mont. would be married soon, if he is in the country long enough to permit it.