Monte Wayne Davenport

Dr. Monte Wayne Davenport, age 59, was received into the arms of his loving Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on May 10, 2022, after an intense battle with pancreatic cancer. Monte was born on May 26, 1962 to Marion Austin Davenport and Donald Wayne Davenport, in Lawton, Oklahoma. He graduated from MacArthur High School in Lawton in 1980. Monte earned his bachelor’s degree in 1984 at Oklahoma State University and his master’s in 1986 from Texas A & M University. After working for several years in Washington, DC and Dallas, Texas, in the banking industry, Monte soon changed his focus to psychology. He earned his M.A. in Clinical & Counseling Psychology in 1993 and his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1997, both from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. His proud wife jokes that he had more degrees than a thermometer!
Monte married Kay Lynn Westervelt of Plano, Texas, in Slaughter Chapel at First Baptist Church of Dallas on May 15, 1993. After living in the Las Colinas area of Irving for two years, the couple made their home in Grapevine for the past 27 years. Monte and Kay Lynn have a daughter, Melody Marie Davenport.
From 1993 to 1997, Monte was Director of Testing and Counseling at the June Shelton School & Evaluation Center in Dallas. Dr. Davenport was the Diagnostic Services Coordinator at the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children from 1993 to 2010. In 2010, Monte and Kay Lynn took a leap of faith and opened their private counseling practice, Life Solutions of Dallas-Fort Worth, in Southlake, Texas, where Monte helped numerous children, adolescents, young adults, and families make the most of their lives, until April of this year, when he became seriously ill.
Monte is survived by his wife, Kay Lynn Davenport, daughter, Melody Marie Davenport, parents, Marion Austin Davenport & Donald Wayne Davenport of Lawton, Oklahoma, and beloved yellow labrador/great Pyrenees-mix companion, Buddy Wayne Davenport. Other survivors include his brothers- & sisters-in-law, Van & Gwynell Westervelt of Bluntzer, Wayne & Laura Westervelt of Magnolia, nephews & nieces, Nathan & Kimberly Westervelt of Corpus Christi, Shayne & Hannah Westervelt of Bluntzer, and Luke Westervelt of Euless. Great nephews and nieces include Otto Westervelt of Corpus Christi and Emmett Westervelt & Bridget Westervelt of Bluntzer. Monte is also survived by an aunt, Doyne Bardsher, of Dallas, uncle, Ronnie Davenport, of Cache, Oklahoma, and numerous cousins.
The memorial celebration of Monte’s life will be held on Thursday, May 26 (his birthday), at 2:00 p.m., at Lucas Funeral Home, 700 W. Wall Street, in Grapevine, with Gateway Churchs’ Pastor Ron Richardson officiating and Gateway’s Associate Pastor Jim Maher hosting.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Monte’s memory to Hope Ministries of Northeast Texas at https://www.hopeministriesofnet.org/ or mailed to Hope at PO Box 1618, Mount Pleasant, TX 75456.