Passing Of A Scribe

Author Wilma Dykeman, 79, is shown at her home in Asheville, N.C., in this file photo from May 28, 1999. Dykeman, who chronicled the people of Appalachia and the land that shaped them in 18 novels and nonfiction books, died Dec. 22, 2006, at the age of 86.

Credit: AP Photo/Alan Marler, File