Obituary from (Ashville Citizen-TimesWednesday, May 31, 2000Ashville, NC)ASHEVILLE -- Patricia Grady Davies, 80, died Sunday, May 28, 2000, of oral cancer.Wife of diplomat and "Old China Hand," John P. Davies, she was born May 11, 1920, in Paris, France, to Lucrecia del Valle Grady and Henry F. Grady, later Assistant Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt and then Ambassador to Greece, Iran and India.She and her husband moved to Asheville in 1978 where she helped establish WUNF, the public radio outlet at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1980. She produced classical music and news programming for several years with the station. During her tenure, she was particularly proud that WUNF made history by adding a regular program in the Cherokee language.Her other volunteer activities in Asheville include being a member of the Concord Coalition and Life After Cancer, a support group for cancer survivors, where she did oral histories of other patients.She grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkley where she graduated at 20, summa cum laude. She then joined her parents in Washington, D.C., where she became a society reporter for The Washington Post, writing two columns including one entitled "Top Hats and Tiaras." She also was a disc jockey with a radio show called Melody Farm in Washington, D.C., for several years.She married Davies in 1942 and then spent the better part of a year traveling via Argentina and South Africa to join him in India where he was General Joseph Stillwell's political advisor. While there, she worked in the intelligence offices of the China-Burma Theater. She traveled with her husband to other postings including Moscow, where her first child Sasha was the first All-American baby born in Soviet Russia." Other locations included Germany and Peru. While in Peru, his final Foreign Service posting, Davies was fired by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, the culmination of years of harassment by Senator Joe McCarthy. Throughout this ordeal, her resolute support allowed her husband to stand firm.After his firing, the couple stayed in Peru where they established a furniture factory, Estilo, S.A., where together they designed monoprints using Inca motifs and furniture. The latter would win awards from the American Institute of Interior Designers.They left Peru in 1964 to return to the United States with their family and from 1966 to 1970 she was a columnist for the Rome Daily American in Italy, with a weekly commentary from Washington, D.C., called Once Over Lightly.Also in the late 1960's, she was a design consultant to William Pahlmann Associates of New York and the Washington, D.C., management consultant firm of Klein & Saks.She and her husband moved the younger children, known as the "junior varsity," to Malaga, Spain, in 1972 where they lived, with interim moves to Paris, France, and Petersfield, England, until they returned to the United States.She is survived by seven children, Sasha Davies of White Plains, N.Y., Tiki Davies of Washington, D.C., John Davies of Baton Rouge, La., Susan Davies of Chatham, N.Y., Jennifer Davies of Seattle, Wash., Deborah Davies of London, England, and Megan Davies of New Orleans, La.; one brother, John Westin Grady of Simi Valley, Calif.; and 11 grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband on Dec. 23, 1999, and two brothers, Reginald Grady of Hillsborough, Calif., and Henry Grady of San Francisco, Calif.No services are planned.Memorial contributions may be made to Life After Cancer-Pathways, 121 Sherwood Road, Asheville, NC 28803.Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is assisting the family.
Obituary from (Ashville Citizen-TimesWednesday, May 31, 2000Ashville, NC)ASHEVILLE -- Patricia Grady Davies, 80, died Sunday, May 28, 2000, of oral cancer.Wife of diplomat and "Old China Hand," John P. Davies, she was born May 11, 1920, in Paris, France, to Lucrecia del Valle Grady and Henry F. Grady, later Assistant Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt and then Ambassador to Greece, Iran and India.She and her husband moved to Asheville in 1978 where she helped establish WUNF, the public radio outlet at the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 1980. She produced classical music and news programming for several years with the station. During her tenure, she was particularly proud that WUNF made history by adding a regular program in the Cherokee language.Her other volunteer activities in Asheville include being a member of the Concord Coalition and Life After Cancer, a support group for cancer survivors, where she did oral histories of other patients.She grew up in San Francisco and attended the University of California at Berkley where she graduated at 20, summa cum laude. She then joined her parents in Washington, D.C., where she became a society reporter for The Washington Post, writing two columns including one entitled "Top Hats and Tiaras." She also was a disc jockey with a radio show called Melody Farm in Washington, D.C., for several years.She married Davies in 1942 and then spent the better part of a year traveling via Argentina and South Africa to join him in India where he was General Joseph Stillwell's political advisor. While there, she worked in the intelligence offices of the China-Burma Theater. She traveled with her husband to other postings including Moscow, where her first child Sasha was the first All-American baby born in Soviet Russia." Other locations included Germany and Peru. While in Peru, his final Foreign Service posting, Davies was fired by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, the culmination of years of harassment by Senator Joe McCarthy. Throughout this ordeal, her resolute support allowed her husband to stand firm.After his firing, the couple stayed in Peru where they established a furniture factory, Estilo, S.A., where together they designed monoprints using Inca motifs and furniture. The latter would win awards from the American Institute of Interior Designers.They left Peru in 1964 to return to the United States with their family and from 1966 to 1970 she was a columnist for the Rome Daily American in Italy, with a weekly commentary from Washington, D.C., called Once Over Lightly.Also in the late 1960's, she was a design consultant to William Pahlmann Associates of New York and the Washington, D.C., management consultant firm of Klein & Saks.She and her husband moved the younger children, known as the "junior varsity," to Malaga, Spain, in 1972 where they lived, with interim moves to Paris, France, and Petersfield, England, until they returned to the United States.She is survived by seven children, Sasha Davies of White Plains, N.Y., Tiki Davies of Washington, D.C., John Davies of Baton Rouge, La., Susan Davies of Chatham, N.Y., Jennifer Davies of Seattle, Wash., Deborah Davies of London, England, and Megan Davies of New Orleans, La.; one brother, John Westin Grady of Simi Valley, Calif.; and 11 grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her husband on Dec. 23, 1999, and two brothers, Reginald Grady of Hillsborough, Calif., and Henry Grady of San Francisco, Calif.No services are planned.Memorial contributions may be made to Life After Cancer-Pathways, 121 Sherwood Road, Asheville, NC 28803.Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue is assisting the family.
Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request
There is an open photo request for this memorial
Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request?
Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s).
Oops, something didn't work. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again.
Make sure that the file is a photo. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced.
All photos uploaded successfully, click on the <b>Done button</b> to see the photos in the gallery.
General photo guidelines:
Photos larger than 8.0 MB will be optimized and reduced.
Each contributor can upload a maximum of 5 photos for a memorial.
A memorial can have a maximum of 20 photos from all contributors.
The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional 10 photos (for a total of 30 on the memorial).
Include gps location with grave photos where possible.
No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments.)
There is no plot information for this memorial. Your photo request is more likely to be fulfilled if you contact the cemetery to get the plot information and include it with your request.
You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial.
Memorial Photos
This is a carousel with slides. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel.
Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried.
Show Map
If the memorial includes GPS coordinates, simply click 'Show Map' to view the gravesite location within the cemetery. If no GPS coordinates are available, you can contribute by adding them if you know the precise location.
Photos
For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab.
Photos Tab
All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer.
Flowers
Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button.
Family Members
Family members linked to this person will appear here.
Related searches
Use the links under See more… to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc.
Sponsor This Memorial
Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option.
Share
Share this memorial using social media sites or email.
Save to
Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print.
Edit or Suggest Edit
Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager.
Have Feedback
Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you.
You may not upload any more photos to this memorial
"Unsupported file type"
Uploading...
Waiting...
Success
Failed
This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has photos
This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded photos to this memorial
This photo was not uploaded because this memorial already has photos
This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded photos to this memorial
Invalid File Type
Uploading 1 Photo
Uploading 2 Photos
1 Photo Uploaded
2 Photos Uploaded
Added by
GREAT NEWS! There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery.
Sorry! There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request.
Enter numeric value
Enter memorial Id
Year should not be greater than current year
Invalid memorial
Duplicate entry for memorial
You have chosen this person to be their own family member.
Reported!
This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates.
0% Complete
Saved
Sign in or Register
Sign in to Find a Grave
Sign-in to link to existing account
There is a problem with your email/password.
There is a problem with your email/password.
There is a problem with your email/password.
We encountered an unknown problem. Please wait a few minutes and try again. If the problem persists contact Find a Grave.
We’ve updated the security on the site. Please reset your password.
Your account has been locked for 30 minutes due to too many failed sign in attempts. Please contact Find a Grave at [email protected] if you need help resetting your password.
This account has been disabled. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]
This account has been disabled. If you have questions, please contact [email protected]
Email not found
Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person.
Sign in to your existing Find a Grave account. You’ll only have to do this once—after your accounts are connected, you can sign in using your Ancestry sign in or your Find a Grave sign in.
We found an existing Find a Grave account associated with your email address. Sign in below with your Find a Grave credentials to link your Ancestry account. After your accounts are connected you can sign in using either account.
Please enter your email to sign in.
Please enter your password to sign in.
Please enter your email and password to sign in.
There is a problem with your email/password.
A system error has occurred. Please try again later.
A password reset email has been sent to EmailID. If you don't see an email, please check your spam folder.
We encountered an unknown problem. Please wait a few minutes and try again. If the problem persists contact Find a Grave.
Password Reset
Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.
Registration Options
Welcome to Find a Grave
Create your free account by choosing an option below.
or
Ancestry account link
To create your account, Ancestry will share your name and email address with Find a Grave. To continue choose an option below.
or
If you already have a Find a Grave account, please sign in to link to Ancestry®.
New Member Registration
Email is mandatory
Email and Password are mandatory
This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Resend Activation Email
Your password is not strong enough
Invalid Email
You must agree to Terms and Conditions
Account already exists
Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox
Internal Server error occurred
If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map
You must select an email preference
We have sent you an activation email
Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters.
We just emailed an activation code to
Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account.
cemeteries found in will be saved to your photo volunteer list.
cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.
cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list.
Within 5 miles of your location.
Within 5 kilometers of your location.
0 cemeteries found in .
0 cemeteries found.
Add a cemetery to fulfill photo requests
You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below.
Search above to list available cemeteries.
Getting location…
Loading...
Loading...
No cemeteries found
Find a Grave Video Tutorials
Default Language
Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [email protected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Thanks for your help!
Preferred Language
We have set your language to based on information from your browser.