The Passing of Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis
The Richmond Times Dispatch has this writeup on the passing of Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis:
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jo Ann Davis, 57, the first elected Republican woman in Congress from Virginia, died at her home in Gloucester County yesterday after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
Although the fourth-term lawmaker had been getting better, within the past two weeks she decided to stop her treatment, according to her husband of 33 years, Chuck Davis.
"We had just gotten back from Duke" University, where she had received treatment, he said in a phone interview. Mrs. Davis' tumor had shrunk, he said.
Mrs. Davis, a born-again Christian, had been receiving some type of treatment for 11 months, her husband said.
"Jo Ann decided to stop treatment. . . . She just said God had told her she was going to be treated, and to stop treatment."
"She sincerely believed that God was going to heal her. He did heal her. Maybe not in our world, but he healed her in his."
Godspeed, Mrs. Davis.
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jo Ann Davis, 57, the first elected Republican woman in Congress from Virginia, died at her home in Gloucester County yesterday after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
Although the fourth-term lawmaker had been getting better, within the past two weeks she decided to stop her treatment, according to her husband of 33 years, Chuck Davis.
"We had just gotten back from Duke" University, where she had received treatment, he said in a phone interview. Mrs. Davis' tumor had shrunk, he said.
Mrs. Davis, a born-again Christian, had been receiving some type of treatment for 11 months, her husband said.
"Jo Ann decided to stop treatment. . . . She just said God had told her she was going to be treated, and to stop treatment."
"She sincerely believed that God was going to heal her. He did heal her. Maybe not in our world, but he healed her in his."
Godspeed, Mrs. Davis.
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