Fulton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Davison [Judge], Robert E. October 2, 1928
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"The Roanoke Leader"
Roanoke, Randolph Co., Alabama

NEWSPAPER Issue of Wednesday, October 3, 1928

H.A. DAVISON LOSES HIS HONORED FATHER BY DEATH OCT. 2nd

Mr. Henry A. Davison, a popular Roanoke citizen, was called during Monday 
night to Atlanta by the illness of his honored father who died Tuesday 
afternoon.  Mrs. Davison and daughter went to Atlanta on Tuesday. Many friends 
here sympathize with the family.

The Atlanta Constitution of October 3rd has the following to say of the 
deceased:

Judge R.E. Davison, chairman of the state prison commission for many years and 
one of the most prominent figures in the political life of the state died at 
3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at a local sanitorium after an illness that 
lasted only a few hours.  Judge Davison was at his office at the capital 
Monday and left Monday afternoon for the sanitorium. His condition rapidly 
became worse. At the time of his death, Judge Davison was 74 years old. He 
first came into public life when he was elected to represent Greene county in 
the legislature in 1894. He served in the general assembly from 1894 to 1897 
and again from 1902 to 1908. He served as a trustee of the Eight District 
Normal School from 1901 to 1910.  He was elected as a member of the prison 
commission in 1911 and has served on that body ever since.

During the time he has served on the prison commission that body has worked 
out many reforms in the prison conditions in Georgia. The state prison farm 
has been improved and many improvements have been made in the manner in which 
prisoners are handled on local chain gangs, these changed being made largely 
because of Judge Davison's personal efforts. Judge Davison was an active 
member of the Baptist church, was a Mason and a lifetime member of the 
Democratic party.

Additional Comments:
Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
Name: Robt E. Davison 
Death Date: 02 Oct 1928  
County of Death: Fulton  
Certificate: 26696-J  

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