Biography:

Journalist; writer; storyteller.  Born– June 2, 1918, in Selma, Ala. Parents– James Wilson and Helen (Tabb) Tucker. Married– Amasa Benjamin Windham, February 19, 1946. Children– Three. Education– Huntingdon College, B.A., 1939.  Police reporter, Alabama Journal, 1940-1942; worked at Treasury Dept., Birmingham 1942-1944; Birmingham News, 1944-1946; Selma Times-Journal, 1960-1973; community service planner, Area Agency on Aging, Camden, Ala., 1973-77.  Contributed five-minutes segments to National Public Radio program “All Things Considered,” 1987-87. Member– Selma City School Board, 1960-1973, Alabama State Historical Committee, National Association for the Preservation and Perpetuation of Story Telling; Member of Board of Directors, Southern Women’s Archives.  Received many awards for journalism; awarded prize for best nonfiction book by Alabama Library Association, 1975.  Honorary Litt. D., Huntingdon College, 1979. Died June 12, 2011.

Source:

Contemporary Authors online; Something about the Author, Vol. 14; obituary

Publication(s):

Alabama, One Big Front Porch. Huntsville, Ala; Strode, 1975.

Count Those Buzzards! Stamp Those Grey Mules!; Superstitions Remembered from a Southern Childhood. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1979.

Encounters.  Montgomery:  Black Belt Press, 1998/

Exploring Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1970.

The Ghost in the Sloss Furnaces. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Historical Society, 1978.

Jeffrey Introduces 13 More Southern Ghosts. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1971.

Jeffrey’s Latest 13; More Southern Ghosts. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1982.

My Name is Julia. Birmingham, Ala.; Birmingham Public Library Press, 1991.

Odd-egg Editor. Jackson; University Press of Mississippi, 1990.

A Sampling of Selma Stories. Selma; Selma Printing Service, 1991.

A Serigamy of Stories. Jackson; University Press of Mississippi, 1988.

She: The Old Woman Who Took Over My Life.  NewSouth, 2011.

Southern Cooking to Remember. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1978.

Spit, Scarey Ann, and Sweat Bees.  NewSouth Boooks. 2009.

13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1973.

Thirteen Georgia Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1973.

13 Mississippi Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1974.

Thirteen Tennessee Ghosts and Jeffrey. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1977.

Treasured Alabama Recipes. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1964.

Treasured Georgia Recipes. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1973.

Treasured Tennessee Recipes. Huntsville, Ala.; Strode, 1972.