GWM debuts Terry Kay exhibit

  • Terry Kay’s youngest daughter, Heather (right), shares a moment with Susan Smyth as they look over the artifacts of Kay’s life displayed in a new exhibit opening this Thursday at the Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton.
    Terry Kay’s youngest daughter, Heather (right), shares a moment with Susan Smyth as they look over the artifacts of Kay’s life displayed in a new exhibit opening this Thursday at the Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton.
  • Tommie Kay (in glasses) is joined by daughters Heather (left) and Terri, plus son Jon in front of a large portrait of their late father, author Terry Kay, Saturday at the Georgia Writers Museum.
    Tommie Kay (in glasses) is joined by daughters Heather (left) and Terri, plus son Jon in front of a large portrait of their late father, author Terry Kay, Saturday at the Georgia Writers Museum.
  • GWM archivists visited Terry Kay’s home in Athens three times to select personal items for a new exhibit at the museum.
    GWM archivists visited Terry Kay’s home in Athens three times to select personal items for a new exhibit at the museum.
  • Among the displays in the Terry Kay exhibit is a panel featuring photos and comments from writers he helped over a six-decade career.
    Among the displays in the Terry Kay exhibit is a panel featuring photos and comments from writers he helped over a six-decade career.
The Georgia Writers Museum in downtown Eatonton welcomed more than 60 lovers of the written word Saturday afternoon for the reveal of its newest exhibit featuring Terry Kay, who passed away nearly three years ago. The Kay exhibit officially opens to the public this Thursday. Among the crowd was Kay’s high school sweetheart and wife of 52 years, Tommie Kay, as were all four of their adult…

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