Former Times-Journal writer headed into Alabama Writers Hall of Fame
Published 9:33 am Thursday, March 9, 2023
- Beloved Selma author Kathryn Tucker Windham died Sunday in her home.
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Kathryn Tucker Windham, a former Selma Times-Journal reporter, will be inducted into the 2023 Alabama Writers Hall of Fame on Friday.
The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Bryant Conference Center.
Windham, who died on June 12, 2011 in Selma, was known as a journalist, photographer, folklorist, author, storyteller, actor and national radio commentator.
Windham wrote for the Selma Times-Journal between 1956 and 1973. She also reported for The Birmingham News.
“She served admirably in a number of roles there as a reporter, as a city editor and in other capacities,” former Times-Journal editor Jamie Wallace said in 2011.
As an author, Windham wrote Treasured Alabama Recipes, three other cookbooks, ghost stories including: Thirteen Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey, which she co-wrote with Margaret Gillis Figh.
Windham and her husband, Amassa Benjamin Windham had three children: Kathryn (Kitti) Tabb Windham, Amasa Benjamin Windham Jr. and Helen Ann (Dilcy) Windham Hilley.
Windham also served as the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce director for 17 years.
