WEBSTER DAVIS, 80, EX-ATLANTA, DIES
Native of City Succumbs in Washington, D. C.
Word has been received in Atlanta of the recent death in Washington, D. C., of Webster Davis, 80, former Atlantan, and charter member of the Capitol City Club.
Born here, he was a graduate of the University of Georgia. Following his marriage to Miss Mary Lamar Jackson, daughter of the late Judge James Jackson, chief justice of the state supreme court, he moved to New York, where he resided until his wife's death about nine years ago. Since that time he had made his home in Washington.
Mrs. Davis was an early Atlanta newspaperwoman, writing in the Atlanta Journal under the pen name "Emel Jay."
Mr. Davis was a brother-in-law of Professor William Slaton and an uncle of Mrs. Ed Hitt.
WEBSTER DAVIS, 80, EX-ATLANTA, DIES
Native of City Succumbs in Washington, D. C.
Word has been received in Atlanta of the recent death in Washington, D. C., of Webster Davis, 80, former Atlantan, and charter member of the Capitol City Club.
Born here, he was a graduate of the University of Georgia. Following his marriage to Miss Mary Lamar Jackson, daughter of the late Judge James Jackson, chief justice of the state supreme court, he moved to New York, where he resided until his wife's death about nine years ago. Since that time he had made his home in Washington.
Mrs. Davis was an early Atlanta newspaperwoman, writing in the Atlanta Journal under the pen name "Emel Jay."
Mr. Davis was a brother-in-law of Professor William Slaton and an uncle of Mrs. Ed Hitt.
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