DOVER - Ernest Alfred Davidson, longtime resident of Dover, died on Jan. 12, 2011, at the age of 94. Ernest was born in New Castle in 1916, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Davidson. Ernest spent his career as a TVA surveyor and Director of the Delaware State Highway Department as well as periods of foreign service in Africa and Haiti. A World War II Veteran of the European and North Africa Campaigns, Ernest retired from the U. S. Army Reserve as Lt. Colonel. As hobbies and in his free time, he was an accomplished gardener and wooden bowl maker. Ernest passed away near the home of his son in Downers Grove, Ill. and is survived by his wife, Helen (Pettyjohn); son, Brad; daughter, Judie Von Eiff; grandchildren, Jessica Davidson, Blaine (Davidson) Loffredi, Krista (Von Eiff) Hanks, and George Frederick (Chip) Von Eiff; and great-grandchildren, Dominic and Julia Loffredi, Ryan and Megan Hanks and Ava Rae Berlin. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery in the spring. He will be remembered as a kind and loving husband, "Dad", "Pop-Pop", "Pop-Pop-Pop", and a thoroughly Good Man.