Robert N. "Bob" Davidson

Robert N. “Bob” Davidson, 81, of Dayton, died Friday, September 10, 2010, at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Baytown. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 13, 2010, at the Pace-Stancil Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Magnolia Park Cemetery in Dayton. Visitation will be held from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, at the funeral home. Services are under the direction of Pace-Stancil Funeral Home in Dayton. Bob was born December 31, 1928 in Bakersfield, MO, to parents; Louis N. and Bertha E. Shipley Davidson, a former resident of Sweeny, and has resided in the Dayton area for the past 42 years. He was a retired carpenter for BASCO operating at Houston L&P, and a member of the Eastgate Church. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, and baking pecan pies. Mr. Davidson was preceded in death by his parents, granddaughter: Kimberly Davidson, sisters: Maxine Sanders, Margie Hargrove, and Ruby Huggins, and brothers: Ace, Herbert, Howellard, Dee, Fred, and Haskel Davidson. He is survived by his wife of 60 years: Jessie L. Hargrove Davidson of Dayton, daughter: Robin Davidson and husband John Howard of Dayton, sons: Bobby Davidson and wife Marilyn of Dayton and Mitchel Davidson and wife Dorothy of Batson, grandchildren: Joe and Bubba Davidson, Tracy Parrish, and Amanda Howard, great-grandchildren: Chelsea Sanders, Brookelyn and Kearston Davidson, and Cade and Alex Parrish, sisters: Almay Pritchard of AR and Frances “Tootsie” Malone of AR, brothers: Cecil Davidson of MO and Glenn Ray Davidson of MO, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.