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Ethel W Davidson Born Ethel Mae Wright on the 26th of February 1922, "Shorty" Davidson passed from this world into the Loving Arms of her God & Savior, Friends, Family and her Loving Husband, on 26 February 2010, her 88 birthday. Shorty was born in the Goose Creek Oil Field to the Cora and Perkins Wright family and spent the majority of her first 18 years in the Goose Creek, Texas, area. After graduating from Robert E. Lee High School, she started attending Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, La, and in October of 1941 she married Lee W Davidson who was in the Army Air Corp. During the war year she followed her husband as he was transferred around the country until being deployed to India. After the war she and Lee W settled in Baytown and started their family with their two sons, Mokey and Raymon Gene both being born in Baytown in '47 and '51. At the out break of the Korean War and her husband being called back to active service, Shorty soon found herself raising her two sons and being a homemaker in various parts of the Western Hemisphere. First living in the Panama Canal Zone, 1954-1957, on both the Atlantic and Pacific sides of the isthmus. After a short stay near Kansas City, Missouri, and in Alexandria, Virginia, Shorty had moved to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, living in a penthouse apartment with a wonderful view down the length of one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. In 1963, she and her family moved to San Antonio, Texas, where she lived with Lee W until his death in 1997. During part of this time she worked as the personal assistant to Dr. Claude Nabers, a renowned peridondist. Then, in January of 2002, Shorty moved to Lewisville, Texas, to be closer to her children and grandchildren. She lived in Renaissance Village until just prior to her death and was very popular there as one of the most out going residences, participating in many of the activities and winning awards for a number of years for her great Christmas decorations. The information above is mostly just facts and that tells you very little about what a wonderful woman Shorty has been in her life. She was active her whole life in the churches that she attended, but she did more than that. In Panama and Brazil she would take her sons with her to the orphanages to help those in need but also to teach her own children to care for those who needed caring for. She had Christmas parties for all of the children in the neighboring favela in Rio. She always was there to help anyone who need helping but would stand up for her self and not let someone else walk on her or her principals. She enjoyed doing craft work and building things. For a number of years while living in Renaissance Village, she spent the whole year working on Christmas gifts so that when Christmas came she would have gifts for everyone in the Village, including those who worked there. She never thought that her piano playing was good enough for other to hear, but she would spend hours in the afternoon, playing and singing her favorite hymns. And she was a Fantastic Cook! For everyone that knew Shorty, this Earth is a sadder place to be with out her here, but My, oh My, What a Celebration there must be going on in Heaven. Welcome Home Shorty! Shorty Davidson is survived by one brother, Robert L Wright, her two sons, Mokey Lee Davidson and Raymon G. Davidson and his wife Jeanne, her two grandchildren, Weston Christopher Davidson and Melissa Christine Davidson, and numerous family and friends. In lieu of flowers the familly requests donations be made to the Shriners or a charity of your choice in Shorty's name.

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Ethel Mae Davidson

February 26, 1922 - February 27, 2010