Julie Davis Carran

Julie Davis Carran, of White Plains, NY, loving wife, cherished sister, devoted aunt and great aunt, and lifelong committed activist for peace and justice died September 28, 2026, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital.

Julie was born on December 18, 1944, in Philadelphia, PA, to William and Naomi Davis. Julie attended the University of Rochester, College of New Rochelle, and City University of New York's Graduate Center. Her jobs ranged from being a nursery school teacher, to being an editorial assistant at Cornell University Press, to multiple non-profit administrative roles. In particular, she was the co-chair of the Westchester Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence for many years.

Julie's passion for and dedication to social justice and activism was a deep, integral part of her being. Her genuine and unequivocal interest in people, their stories, their struggles, and their sources of pride endeared her to people from all her encounters.

Julie is survived by her devoted husband of 57 years, Ron Carran, her sister, Billie Emmerich of Princeton, NJ, her brother-in-law, Roger Carran of Cleveland, OH, eight adored nephews and nieces, three grandnieces, and an enormous number of friends who she regarded and who regarded her as family. Julie's legacy will live on in the lives of the many people whose lives she touched.

Donations in memory of Julie may be made to the Westchester Martin Luther King Jr. Institute for Nonviolence, to September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, or to Lungevity Foundation (please specify "Small Cell Lung Cancer Research" in the comment section.