Fred E. Davis

Fred E. Davis was born in March of 1901 and became the principal of the Pruitt High School Tigers in 1942, after J.W. Pruitt had passed away, who the school was named after.

The elementary principal was Mr. Willie Bowser. Mr. Davis attended Prairie View College where his major was Social Science and his minor was Education.

His parents were Andrew Davis and Annie Pruitt. He married Myrtle Marie Davidson and had three children, Betty, Gerald and Charles Davis. He lived in Gainesville, Texas.

In 1958 a new building was constructed on Booker Street and he became principal there, while Houston Bassett was principal of the High School named Booker T. Washington High School, Home of the Wolverines. Professor Davis was what most students called him. He dealt with classroom overcrowding during the Civil Rights Era and Jim Crow Laws were in effect.

He gave respect to the students and expected back by them. After integration in 1971, Professor Fred E. Davis retired from being a fine principal.

Davis passed away on Sept. 21, 1983.