Historic Alexandria mourns the passing of Gladys Davis at the age of 103. Ms. Davis worked for the City of Alexandria for 61 years, both as a librarian and as an educational secretary for the Alexandria Public School system. She began her career as a librarian in the city in 1947 at the Robert Robinson Branch Library, which was then the segregated library available to African American patrons. She continued to work in the library system until 2008, including in the Children’s Department at the Charles Beatley Central Library.