| Name |
James Hornor DAVIS |
| Suffix |
III |
| Born |
9 Oct 1928 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV  [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
1930 |
Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV |
| Residence |
1935 |
Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV [5] |
| Census |
1940 |
Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV |
- In household of paternal grandmother, Garnett (Hornor) Davis.
|
| Military |
From 1953 to 1955 [6] |
| Judge Advocate, US Air Force (2 yrs in mid-1950s) |
| Education |
Princeton University (1950), University of Virginia Law School (1953) [6, 7] |
| Residence |
White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co, WV [6] |
| Residence |
Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV [8] |
| Died |
4 Mar 2004 |
Fairlea, Greenbrier Co, WV [1, 3, 9] |
| Buried |
St. Matthews Episcopal Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV [10] |
| Notes |
- https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/james-hornor-davis-iii-%E2%80%9950
https://prabook.com/web/james_hornor_davis_.iii/915121
http://wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/Bills/sr42%20intr.htm
Obituary:
Charleston Gazette (WV) - Saturday, March 6, 2004
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - James Hornor Davis III of White Sulphur Springs and Charleston died March 4, 2004, in Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea.
He was a graduate of Princeton University and the University of Virginia Law School and was a member of the Order of the Coit and the Raven Society. He was admitted to the West Virginia Bar in 1953; served in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 to 1955; was staff judge advocate; a partner in Preston and Davis from 1953 to 1965, Spillman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer from 1965 to 1986; counsel of Campbell, Wood, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon from 1987 to 2003; a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1961 to 1962 and the West Virginia Senate from 1963 to 1966; president of Dingess-Rum Properties Inc. from 1987 to 2004; honorary trustee for Eastern Mineral Law Foundation; Coal Lawyer of the Year in 2002; a life member of the America Law Institute; a Fellow of the American Bar Association; chairman of the West Virginia Judiciary council from 1973 to 1981; president of the West Virginia Bar Association from 1985 to 1986; Kanawha County Bar Association; chairman of the National Council of Coal Lessors from 1980 to 2004; chairman of West Virginia Manufacturers Association from 1973 to 1975. He was a member and trustee of St. Matthews Episcopal Church.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Ouida Caldwell Davis; two sons and a daughter-in-law, James Horner IV and Frederica Davis of Charleston, Lewis Caldwell of Wilmington, Del.; one brother, William Maxwell Davis of Charleston; and five granddaughters.
Service will be 11 a.m. Monday, March 8, at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, Charleston, with the Rev. Bill Thompson and the Rev. Keith Butler officiating. Burial will follow in St. Matthews Cemetery, Charleston.
Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hubbard Hospice Building Fund, c/o Kanawha Hospice Care, 1143 Dunbar Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064; Greenbrier Valley Theater, P.O. Box 494, Lewisburg, WV 24901; or Carnegie Hall, 105 Church St., Lewisburg, WV 24901.
Wilson Funeral Home, 420 Lee St. W, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.
Charleston Gazette () , obit for James Hornor Davis III, GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1013BF83C397DDA3-1013BF83C397DDA3 : accessed 2 February 2018)
https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/1013BF83C397DDA3-1013BF83C397DDA3?h=5&fname=james&lname=davis&fullname=&rgfromDate=&rgtoDate=&formDate=2004&formDateFlex=exact&dateType=date&kwinc=&kwexc=
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| Person ID |
I118170 |
Doddridge County Roots |
| Last Modified |
2 Feb 2018 |
1928 - 2004 (75 years)