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Newspaper report from February 1950:
A Rocking Chair on a Breezy Porch--That's the Life for Him
Detective Hal Jamison to Retire to 52-Acre Farm in Montgomery County
What does a big city detective do when he retires?
Hal Jamison, a veteran of 26 years service on the Houston police force, has his own answer.
After today, his main activity will be holding down a comfortable rocking chair on the breezy porch of a house on his 52-acre farm in Montgomery County.
"I'm going to be a hermit," the 62-year-old retiring detective said Tuesday. "My house is set back a half-mile from the road, and I've got a good pair of field glasses to tell me whether I want to talk to anyone coming through the gate."
Smiling, he added that he has a couple of good hunting dogs, a horse, a fishing stream and other worthwhile things to relieve the rocking chair, if it becomes too monotonous.
Mr. Jamison, who joined the police force as a patrolman on January 24, 1924, became a city detective in August, 1928.
During his long service on the north side of town--in which he claims he can reach any street blindfolded--he apprehended and sent hundreds of culprits to prison.
Some of the culprits got sent to prison as many as three times, thanks to his ability.
He was instrumental in capturing and sending to the electric chair a murderer who killed two Houston policemen in 1932.
Police Chief B. W. Payne Tuesday praised "Old Hal" as one of the city's best peace officers.
"He was always interested in doing his job well, and didn't engage in politics," he said.
Mr. Jamison said that although he would not be forced to retire until he is 65, he preferred to get busy on that rocking chair at the earliest possible moment.
Mrs. Jamison, who doesn't have quite the same degree of pioneer spirit, will divide her time between the farm and the family home at 626 East Sixteenth, where her two grandchildren frequently visit.

Obituary clipped from a unknown newspaper:
G. H. Jamison Dies Monday
Final rites for G. H. (Hal) Jamison of Willis, a former resident of Angleton, were conducted Wednesday.
Mr. Jamison, Who was born and reared in Angleton, died Monday morning in a Conroe hospital. He served in the Houston Police Department for 25 years,moving to Willis about a dozen years ago after retiring.
Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Conroe, and burial was at 3:30 p.m. in Hollywood Cemetery, Houston.
Survivors include his wife; a daughter who lives in Houston; a sister, Mrs. Ann Cooper of Long Beach, Calif.; an uncle, Bering Jamison of Houston; and several relatives who live in Angleton.

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Birth	8 May 1887	Angleton, Brazoria County, Texas
Census-shared	19 Jun 1900	(Margaret Ann Bruner) Brazoria County, Texas
Census-shared	25 Apr 1910	(Murray John Jamison) Brazoria County, Texas
Marriage	7 Dec 1910	Brazoria County, Texas - Frances Lucille Taylor
Draft registration	5 Jun 1917	Humble, Harris County, Texas
Census (family)	19 Jan 1920	Harris County, Texas - Frances Lucille Taylor
Census (family)	9 Apr 1930	Houston, Harris County, Texas - Frances Lucille Taylor
Census (family)	8 Apr 1940	Houston, Texas - Frances Lucille Taylor
Draft registration	1942	Houston, Harris County, Texas
Death	11 Feb 1963	Squamous cell carcinoma tonsils - Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas
Burial		Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas

Spouse	Frances Lucille Taylor (1887 - 1979)
Child	Leah Louise Jamison (1919 - 1994)

Father	Samuel James "The Elder" Jamison (1854 - 1898)
Mother	Margaret Ann Bruner (1861 - 1910)
Sibling	Thomas Joseph Jamison (1879 - 1954)
Sibling	E. J. Jamison (1880 - 1883)
Sibling	Annie Sweeny Jamison (1883 - 1975)
Sibling	Emma Douglas "Tood" Jamison (1885 - 1961)
Sibling	Murray John Jamison (1889 - 1947)
Sibling	Frank Morgan Jamison (1892 - 1901)
Sibling	Samuel Edward "Ned" Jamison (1893 - 1902)
Sibling	Sarah Sloan Jamison (1897 - 1899)

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