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Jean Palmer “Davy” Davis Vanauken. Birth. 25 Jul 1914. Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA. Death. 17 Jan 1955 (aged 40) Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA. Burial. Saint Stephens Episcopal Church Cemetery. Forest, Bedford County, Virginia, USA Add to Map. Plot. Ashes scattered in cemetery. Memorial ID. 27554828. · View Source.
Van met Jean "Davy" Palmer Davis during his junior year at Wabash. She was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, on July 24, 1914, the daughter of Reverend Staley Franklin Davis (1877–1926), a prominent Methodist minister, and his wife Helen Larter (Fredericks) Davis (1885–1950), a teacher.
May 3, 2024 · A Severe Mercy is the story of Vanauken’s passionate love affair with Jean Palmer Davis (1915–1955), or Davy as she was nicknamed. He recounts their spiritual journey, begun at Oxford, from what he calls a “pagan love” to a new, Christian one, and even worries that he might be jealous of Davy’s new relationship with God.
Jan 1, 2001 · A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken, recounts the life of Van and his wife Jean Davis, or Davy: the places they go, the people they meet, the faith they want to reject, and the transformation they undergo at the cost of a very severe mercy.
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Oct 18, 1996 · During his junior year at Wabash College in 1937, he met his future wife, Jean "Davy" Palmer Davis. When they first fell in love, they made a vow they called the "Shining Barrier"; a promise to share everything in life with each other, including all interests, friends, and work.
Jul 25, 2014 · A Hail. by Lanier Ivester July 25, 2014. Davy Vanauken. On this day 100 years ago, something happened that would dramatically impact the course of my life: Jean Palmer Davis was born, known more intimately to the world as Davy Vanauken, beloved wife and heroine of Sheldon Vanauken’s A Severe Mercy.
Feb 11, 2020 · It’s a memoir of Vanauken’s marriage to his wife, Jean “Davy” Palmer Davis, whom he met and married while still in college; the peripatetic, bohemian days of their early marriage; their conversion to Christianity while Vanauken completed his PhD at Oxford; and then Davy’s tragically early death in 1954 after their return to the States ...
