Oconee County GaArchives Obituaries.....Davison, A.H. 1926
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Oconee Enterprise
Oconee Enterprise
Friday, January 15, 1926
Page One

A.H. Davison Dies At Athens Home
   Athens, Ga., January 10. – A.H. Davison, 67, president of the Davison-
Nicholson Company department store, and prominent Athens citizen for 40 years, 
died suddenly tonight at 7 o’clock at his home here.  While the passing of Mr. 
Davison was sudden and unexpected, he had been in ill health for some time, 
although he was up and about.
   Mr. Davison was born at Woodville in 1859 and come to Athens 48 years ago 
and had been in business here for 40 years.  The firm of which he was 
president, Davison Nicholson Company, has for a number of years been one of the 
leading department stores here, catering to this section of Georgia and to the 
large number of students in the college here.
   He took an active interest in all civic affair (sic) affecting the city 
welfare and was a pioneer in the development of the apple industry in northeast 
Georgia.  He was a member of the First Methodist church of Athens.  For a 
number of years he was a trustee of the State Normal college here.
   He is survived by his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Ida Dorsey; 
one daughter, Mrs. E.L. Ackiss, of Washington, D.C.; two sons, A.E. and A.H. 
Davison, Jr. of Athens; two brothers, R.E. Davison of Woodville, chairman of 
the prison commission, and T.C. Davison of Comer.




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