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- [S142] Newspaper Article, The Newport Plain Talk, 20 Jan 2001.
James Stokely Nease obituary
- [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 72, 74, 183, 225, 324-325.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 31 Jul 2002.
NEWPORT- Tennessee State Representative Ronnie Davis, who is a Newport Republican, has announced that he will be a candidate for re-election to the Eleventh District in the Tennessee House of Representatives in the August 1 state Republican Primary election. The district consists of all of Cocke and a portion of Greene County.
"It is an honor and privilege to serve the citizens of this district in the State House of Representatives," said Davis. "I look forward to continuing my efforts to provide our district and state with better schools, good roads, and more job opportunities."
Davis is Vice-Chairman of the Joint Senate/House Oversight Committee on Education, member of the House Education Committee, Vice-Chair of the K-12 Subcommittee, and the House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee He is one of only a few Republicans selected to serve on this powerful committee. He was appointed by Governor Sundquist to serve on the Tennessee Council on Vocational Technical Education.
Davis has a B.S. degree from East Tennessee State University and a M.S. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
He is married to the former Barbara Neese, a teacher at Newport Grammar School. He has two children, Tracy and Brent.
"It is helping local citizens find the help they need to cut through government tape that has been at the top of the priorities of my office," said Davis. "We have helped local citizens with a wide variety of needs with both state and federal government services."
"I will also continue to work for improved health care and for long-term care services for our senior citizens," Davis added.
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 11 Oct 2005.
April 27 2004: State Rep. Ronnie Davis of Newport, who served in the Legislature for 18 years, is sentenced to more than two years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy, extortion and illegal possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. His alleged accomplice and "personal companion," a former state employee named Diana Dorothy Burton, has already pleaded guilty. The pair was accused of fraud and money laundering in a scheme involving fake diplomatic passports. The drug charge was filed after Burton tried to commit suicide with narcotic pain pills she was given by Davis, who allegedly is addicted to them.
- [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 28 Apr 2004.
Former legislator Davis sentenced to 26 months in prison
Ronnie Davis
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Ronnie Davis has been sentenced to 26 months in prison after pleading guilty to four felony charges.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Echols recommended that Davis, 60, of Newport be sent to a federal prison in Beckley, W.Va., that offers treatment for drug addiction.
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"I would just like to say a big apology to my family for ruining their lives and to the state Legislature for damaging their reputation," Davis said in court.
Davis served 18 years as a legislator, including several terms as assistant Republican leader of the House. He pleaded guilty in January to charges of conspiring to sell fake passports to two Texas businessmen and to supplying drugs to his girlfriend and co-conspirator, Diana Burton of Murfreesboro.
Burton cooperated with authorities in helping bring drug charges against Davis in November 2003 by taping conversations with him.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Bob Wasko argued Tuesday that transcripts of those conversations indicated Davis expected Burton to use the drugs to commit suicide.
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Wasko argued that with Burton dead, Davis would have gone to court on the original charges and blamed everything on her.
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In sentencing Davis, Echols cited factors ranging from his service to the community and the Legislature to the impact on his family.
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Davis could have been sentenced up to 43 months on his original charges.
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