Background
Davison, Marjorie Woodyard-Smith was born on November 24, 1919 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Harry French and Laura Gertrude (Woodyard) Smith.
Davison, Marjorie Woodyard-Smith was born on November 24, 1919 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Harry French and Laura Gertrude (Woodyard) Smith.
Degree in journalism, advertising (honorary), Marshal U., 1937-1938; student, Ohio State University, 1939-1941; student, West Virginia State University School Fine Arts, 1937-1941.
Advertising artist, Monte Little Advertising Company, Huntington, West Virginia, 1937-1938; advertising layout designer, editor, Huntington (West Virginia) Public Company, 1937-1938; surgical illustrator, Children's Orthopaedics Hospital, Huntington, 1938; journalist, calligrapher, Ohio State University, Franklin U., Columbus, 1938-1940; architectural engineer, Ohio State University, Franklin U., 1940-1941; printer, engraver, F. & R. Lazarus Company, 1942-1947; magazine advertising artist, Madamoiselle, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Atlantic Monthly magazines, 1942-1947; artist, advertising manager, Daily News, 1943-1945; journalist, citizen dispatcher, F. & R. Lazarus Company, Cincinnati, 1950-1952. Painted murals for various schools and churches in Greenville, North Carolina and in Cincinnati.
Member American Association of University Women, Daughters of the American Revolution, American Association Women, Foreign Languages Clubs.
Married Frank Lorrain Davison Junior, February 27, 1943 (deceased October 1966). Children: Marjorie Lorraine Davison II, Frank Lorrain Davison III.