J. D. Weeks

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J. D. Weeks (born April 12, 1937; died August 1, 2020 in Gardendale) was a retired health worker, postcard collector, history buff, and author.

Weeks was a 1951 graduate of North Birmingham School. After high school, he started working with the Jefferson County Department of Health as an environmentalist in 1965, then became a disease control specialist, and retired as a Senior Administrative Analyst for Health Center Administration in 1994. He earned his bachelor of arts (1979) and master of public administration (1981) from UAB and a doctorate in public administration at the University of Alabama (1993).

Since retirement, Weeks was active in the Association of Retired Health Workers of Jefferson County, serving as president in 1996 and the North Jefferson Chapter of the Association of Retired State Employees of Alabama, serving as president from 1996 to 2002. He was also a member of the Gardendale Library board, a tribal council member of the Cherokees of Northeast Alabama, has served as a docent at Vulcan Park and on the Gardendale Historical Society as well as numerous genealogical societies around the state.

An avid postcard collector, Weeks published his first book, Birmingham: A Postcard Tour, in 1999, which has gone into several printings. A follow-up, Birmingham: Then and Now was published in 2007. He has also authored a book on Panama City, Florida and a book on North Birmingham.

Weeks had three children from a marriage that ended in 1974. Weeks died in August 2020 from COVID-19. He was survived by his second wife, Linda, three children, and ten grandchildren.

Publications

  • Weeks, J. D. (1999) Birmingham: A Postcard Tour, reprinted as Birmingham in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738503339
  • Weeks, J. D. (2005) Panama City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738541850
  • Weeks, J. D. (2007) Birmingham: Then and Now. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738543667
  • Weeks, J. D. (2013) Premocar-Made In Birmingham.
  • Weeks, J. D. (2018) North Birmingham: A City of its Own. Lulu Press. ISBN 9780359057450

References

  • Martin, Wayne (April 11, 2007) "Local man's book looks at Birmingham's history." The Birmingham News
  • Crenshaw, Solomon Jr (December 12, 2019) "Gardendale Resident Amasses 40,000 Postcards of Birmingham, Jeffco." The Birmingham Times

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