Biography:

Educator, lecturer, consultant. Born– Oct. 26, 1926, in Raleigh, N.C. Parents– John Adrian and Agnes Tyler (Johnson) Zehmer. Married– Joseph Alexander Searcy, June 26, 1948. Children– Three. Education– Duke University, B.A.; University of Alabama, M.A. Instructor in anthropology at University of Alabama after 1964; public lecturer and consultant. Member American Anthropological Association, Guild of Professional Writers for Children, Alabama Academy of Science, and Alabama Archaeological Society; received faculty grant by University of Alabama (1969), Alabama Consortium of Higher Education award (1973), and Charlton W. Tebeau Literary Award from Florida Historical Society.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 81.

Publication(s):

Alli Gator Gets a Bump on His Nose. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portals Press, 1978.

The Charm of the Bear Claw Necklace; a Story of Stone-Age Southeastern Indians. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1981.

Ikwa of the Temple Mounds. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1974.

The Race of Flitty Hummingbird and Flappy Crane; an Indian Legend. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portals Press, 1980.

Tiny Bat and the Ball Game. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Portals Press, 1978.

Wolf Dog of the Woodland Indians. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1982.