Bobbie Webb Davis got a canker sore in her mouth in December 1985. Bobbie Webb Davis, who was Hubert Davis’s mom, got oral cancer discovered through a biopsy around Christmas. Throughout the treatment process, Hubert Davis provided support for his mom by driving her to her radiation sessions when his dad could not. The cancer continued to progress, and Bobbie Webb passed away on August 31, 1986. During the difficult years that followed, Davis turned to basketball as an escape from his grief. He remained angry at God and stopped going to church until he was able to begin healing.