Athens native, Georgia author Terry Kay remembered
Terry Kay, a Georgia author whose novels line bookshelves in homes and libraries, died in his Athens home Dec. 12, ending a path Kay knew was imminent in October when doctors told him he had only weeks to live. Kay, 82, succumbed to aggressive stage 4 liver cancer, but in those intervening weeks he was able to have in-home visits with his family members and friends and read the many comforting comments people left on social media. The author, who began his career as a novelist in 1976 with “The Year the Lights Came On” and found fame in 1990 with “To Dance with the White Dog,” had 17...