During the mid-1930s, Davies met his future wife, Mabel Myrtle Roberts (1920-2010) while they were both tenth grade students.

[4] Davies joined the faculties of Huron College and the University of Tulsa, teaching philosophy and religion to students there while also fulfilling the requirements toward obtaining his Doctor of Divinity degree.

Ordained to the diaconate at the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas by Bishop Goodrich Fenner in 1950, Davies then served as deacon-in-charge for one year before becoming rector.

Appointed dean of Trinity Cathedral in Omaha, Nebraska in 1968, Davies began his study of the life of Alexander Charles Garrett, the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.

[7] Elected as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas in March 1970, in response to the sudden death of Avery Mason who had died suddenly while holding that position, Davies was subsequently ordained as the bishop for Dallas on June 22, 1970, the fourth man to hold that post.