Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. was born at the residence of his parents at Southern Female Collegein Petersburg, VA to Arthur Kyle Davis, Sr., his father being President of Southern College, Petersburg, VA and Lucy Pryor (McIlwaine) Davis. A.K. Davis, Jr. was a graduate of the University of Virginia and distinguished himself as a Rhodes Scholar. He taught at UVA as an English professor and served for many years as the archivist for the Virginia Folklore Society as well as a writer of folk music himself.
A.K. never married rather he devoted himself to his love of folk music and education. He resided at UVA and is interred in the University Cemetery. When I met him at the University in 1962 while I was living in Virginia he told me about his father and the Southern Female College in Petersburg. So, cousin, rest easily knowing that the heritage of our family lives in their good works and in our hearts.
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On Mar 23, 2013 Mary L.S. Faulkner shared the following info about A.K.'s burial site:
"When Prof.A.K. was dying the Faulkner family gave him title to his grave site which was part of a Faulkner plot. So his grave is adjacent that of Prof. Faulkner's first wife, Eugenie and her parents."
Thank you Mary!
. . .and Mary responded to my thank you with more about A.K.
"A.K. was good family friend of my Faulkner in-laws. I have his books of collections of Folk Songs of Virginia. He wrote extravagantly to me in each of them, the first one I'd had to advertise to obtain (pre-Amazon days). I knew he was a Rhodes Scholar, one of the requirements being a sport, and he had played tennis. We had some convivial visits when our family used to visit Charlottesville, one with me trying to play AK's autoharp.
His concaved bookshelves were first time I saw shelves sagging this way, books jammed in sideways on top of filled shelves.
Sylvia said AK taught the usual English poetry courses for many years, although he'd done so much with Folklore research. Then in the 60's along came people like Joan Baez and the folk song movement. That brought AK to the students' attention and he received their attention and acclaim. She thought it was so great his finally receiving student appreciation.
When he was dying my sister-in-law Sylvia Faulkner phoned my husband (we were living in Miami) and asked if he'd mind giving up his right to that grave as AK was dying and it would be consolation. She implied we'd never be living in Virginia and surely he wouldn't mind. Harrison was chagrined but he had to agree. That's why it was so nice when years later we were living in retirement in Charlottesville and Sylvia proposed the 3-in-1 arrangement in the other plot.
Mary Sherwin Faulkner"
A.K. never married rather he devoted himself to his love of folk music and education. He resided at UVA and is interred in the University Cemetery. When I met him at the University in 1962 while I was living in Virginia he told me about his father and the Southern Female College in Petersburg. So, cousin, rest easily knowing that the heritage of our family lives in their good works and in our hearts.
____________________________
On Mar 23, 2013 Mary L.S. Faulkner shared the following info about A.K.'s burial site:
"When Prof.A.K. was dying the Faulkner family gave him title to his grave site which was part of a Faulkner plot. So his grave is adjacent that of Prof. Faulkner's first wife, Eugenie and her parents."
Thank you Mary!
. . .and Mary responded to my thank you with more about A.K.
"A.K. was good family friend of my Faulkner in-laws. I have his books of collections of Folk Songs of Virginia. He wrote extravagantly to me in each of them, the first one I'd had to advertise to obtain (pre-Amazon days). I knew he was a Rhodes Scholar, one of the requirements being a sport, and he had played tennis. We had some convivial visits when our family used to visit Charlottesville, one with me trying to play AK's autoharp.
His concaved bookshelves were first time I saw shelves sagging this way, books jammed in sideways on top of filled shelves.
Sylvia said AK taught the usual English poetry courses for many years, although he'd done so much with Folklore research. Then in the 60's along came people like Joan Baez and the folk song movement. That brought AK to the students' attention and he received their attention and acclaim. She thought it was so great his finally receiving student appreciation.
When he was dying my sister-in-law Sylvia Faulkner phoned my husband (we were living in Miami) and asked if he'd mind giving up his right to that grave as AK was dying and it would be consolation. She implied we'd never be living in Virginia and surely he wouldn't mind. Harrison was chagrined but he had to agree. That's why it was so nice when years later we were living in retirement in Charlottesville and Sylvia proposed the 3-in-1 arrangement in the other plot.
Mary Sherwin Faulkner"
Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. was born at the residence of his parents at Southern Female Collegein Petersburg, VA to Arthur Kyle Davis, Sr., his father being President of Southern College, Petersburg, VA and Lucy Pryor (McIlwaine) Davis. A.K. Davis, Jr. was a graduate of the University of Virginia and distinguished himself as a Rhodes Scholar. He taught at UVA as an English professor and served for many years as the archivist for the Virginia Folklore Society as well as a writer of folk music himself.
A.K. never married rather he devoted himself to his love of folk music and education. He resided at UVA and is interred in the University Cemetery. When I met him at the University in 1962 while I was living in Virginia he told me about his father and the Southern Female College in Petersburg. So, cousin, rest easily knowing that the heritage of our family lives in their good works and in our hearts.
____________________________
On Mar 23, 2013 Mary L.S. Faulkner shared the following info about A.K.'s burial site:
"When Prof.A.K. was dying the Faulkner family gave him title to his grave site which was part of a Faulkner plot. So his grave is adjacent that of Prof. Faulkner's first wife, Eugenie and her parents."
Thank you Mary!
. . .and Mary responded to my thank you with more about A.K.
"A.K. was good family friend of my Faulkner in-laws. I have his books of collections of Folk Songs of Virginia. He wrote extravagantly to me in each of them, the first one I'd had to advertise to obtain (pre-Amazon days). I knew he was a Rhodes Scholar, one of the requirements being a sport, and he had played tennis. We had some convivial visits when our family used to visit Charlottesville, one with me trying to play AK's autoharp.
His concaved bookshelves were first time I saw shelves sagging this way, books jammed in sideways on top of filled shelves.
Sylvia said AK taught the usual English poetry courses for many years, although he'd done so much with Folklore research. Then in the 60's along came people like Joan Baez and the folk song movement. That brought AK to the students' attention and he received their attention and acclaim. She thought it was so great his finally receiving student appreciation.
When he was dying my sister-in-law Sylvia Faulkner phoned my husband (we were living in Miami) and asked if he'd mind giving up his right to that grave as AK was dying and it would be consolation. She implied we'd never be living in Virginia and surely he wouldn't mind. Harrison was chagrined but he had to agree. That's why it was so nice when years later we were living in retirement in Charlottesville and Sylvia proposed the 3-in-1 arrangement in the other plot.
Mary Sherwin Faulkner"
A.K. never married rather he devoted himself to his love of folk music and education. He resided at UVA and is interred in the University Cemetery. When I met him at the University in 1962 while I was living in Virginia he told me about his father and the Southern Female College in Petersburg. So, cousin, rest easily knowing that the heritage of our family lives in their good works and in our hearts.
____________________________
On Mar 23, 2013 Mary L.S. Faulkner shared the following info about A.K.'s burial site:
"When Prof.A.K. was dying the Faulkner family gave him title to his grave site which was part of a Faulkner plot. So his grave is adjacent that of Prof. Faulkner's first wife, Eugenie and her parents."
Thank you Mary!
. . .and Mary responded to my thank you with more about A.K.
"A.K. was good family friend of my Faulkner in-laws. I have his books of collections of Folk Songs of Virginia. He wrote extravagantly to me in each of them, the first one I'd had to advertise to obtain (pre-Amazon days). I knew he was a Rhodes Scholar, one of the requirements being a sport, and he had played tennis. We had some convivial visits when our family used to visit Charlottesville, one with me trying to play AK's autoharp.
His concaved bookshelves were first time I saw shelves sagging this way, books jammed in sideways on top of filled shelves.
Sylvia said AK taught the usual English poetry courses for many years, although he'd done so much with Folklore research. Then in the 60's along came people like Joan Baez and the folk song movement. That brought AK to the students' attention and he received their attention and acclaim. She thought it was so great his finally receiving student appreciation.
When he was dying my sister-in-law Sylvia Faulkner phoned my husband (we were living in Miami) and asked if he'd mind giving up his right to that grave as AK was dying and it would be consolation. She implied we'd never be living in Virginia and surely he wouldn't mind. Harrison was chagrined but he had to agree. That's why it was so nice when years later we were living in retirement in Charlottesville and Sylvia proposed the 3-in-1 arrangement in the other plot.
Mary Sherwin Faulkner"
Inscription
Professor of English Literature University of Virginia - Born Petersburg Virginia - Died Charlottesville Virginia - Educated here and at Oxford University He served the University of Virginia devotedly as teacher and scholar from 1923 to 1972
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Thanks to F. A. G. member TLSD who took this grave stone picture in memorial
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