Background
Dodson,, Edward Griffith was born on February 11, 1914 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Edward Griffith and Harriotte Jones (Winchester) Dodson.
Dodson,, Edward Griffith was born on February 11, 1914 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Son of Edward Griffith and Harriotte Jones (Winchester) Dodson.
Bachelor, University Virginia, 1937. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1937.
Since practiced in, Roanoke. Associate firm Cocke, Hazlegrove & Shackelford, 1937-1942, 46-47. Senior partner firm Dodson, Pence, Viar, Young & Woodrum (and predecessor), Roanoke, since 1948.
Substitute justice Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 1947-1948. Director, past chairman Signet Bank formerly Roanoke board Bank Virginia. Director Richardson-Wayland Electrical Corporation.
Member Roanoke Youth Commission, 1946-1949, Charter Study Commission, 1961. President Roanoke City-County Public Forum, 1948-1949, Roanoke Guidance Center, 1963-1964. Member Roanoke Charter Commission, 1965, Roanoke Citizens Blue Ribbon Long-Range Planning and Goal Setting Committee, 1977-1978, Virginia House of Delegates, 1948-1954.
Trustee, former vestryman and senior warden St. John's Episcopal Church, past board directors. Past vice president Family Service Association. Past board directors American Red Cross, Children's Home Society, Travelers Aid Society.
Past member social planning council Roanoke Community Fund. Past member advisory committee School Social Work. Past vice chairman advisory committee Virginia Commonwealth University.
Trustee Episcopal High School, 1965-1971, Jamestown Corporation, 1974-1976. President board trustees Diocese Southwest Virginia, 1971-1974. Chairman board Mental Health Services of Roanoke Valley, 1972-1973.
Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Fellow American College Probate Counsel, American Bar Foundation, Virginia Law Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association (vice president 1948), Roanoke Bar Association (president 1953), Virginia State Bar (president 1961-1962), Roanoke Junior Chamber of Commerce (president 1941-1942), Virginia Inland Sailing Association, Newcomen Society, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi.
Clubs: Roanoke German, Shenandoah.
Married Mary Archer Talcott, October 26, 1940. Children: Elizabeth Archer (Mistress James R. Heinzen), Harriotte Winchester (Mistress E.R. McDannald), Edward Griffith III.