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Alabama’s top political columnist dies
Bob Ingram, who chronicled Alabama politics for six decades,
passed away Thursday , Ocotber18, after a two-year battle with
myelodysplasia. He was 81. After a tour of duty as a United
States Marine in the south Pacific in World War II, Ingram graduated
from Auburn University and immediately went to work at the
Cherokee County Herald in his hometown of Centre. He left there
to serve as sports editor of the Gadsden Times and later served as
state editor before joining the staff of the Montgomery Advertiser in
1953.
Covering events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the
"Segregation Forever" inaugural speech and the Stand in the
Schoolhouse Door, Ingram had a career that gave him a front row seat
to Alabama history. He credited his love of reading and writing to his
mother, the late Sallie Jane Ingram, who went to work as the town
librarian in Centre after her husband, Bob Ingram, Sr., passed away
in 1932.
After nearly 14 years at the Advertiser, he left to become director
of legislative affairs for the Medical Association of the State of
Alabama. Upon the death of Gov. Lurleen Wallace, Gov. Albert
Brewer appointed Ingram as Finance Director. As he was in the
gubernatorial cabinet, the 1970 the lone governor’s race Ingram didn’t
cover between 1950 and 2006.
Following his tenure as Finance Director, Ingram purchased
Alabama Magazine, which he edited and published until 1984. In
1978, he branched into television commentary, serving as a political
analyst on WSFA’s electoral coverage. He served as the station’s editorial
director and primary political analyst from 1979-1993.
In 1993, he returned to the Advertiser where he wrote a regular
column on the paper’s editorial page until 1999. In the latter part of
his career, he served as editorial director at WNCF and as a political
analyst with WAKA, both in Montgomery.
For nearly 50 years, Ingram wrote a weekly column for dozens
of weekly and small daily newspapers throughout the state. "The
Alabama Scene" was a treasure trove of political tidbits, history and
news, particularly for Alabamians who didn’t have easy access to one
of the state’s major daily newspapers.
He also wrote two political memoirs, "That’s the Way I Saw It"
and "That’s the Way I Saw It II."
He was inducted into the
Communication Hall of Fame at the University of Alabama in 2003, and
was honored with the Distinguished Mass Media Achievement Award
from the Auburn University Journalism Foundation last April.
Funeral services were held Sunday, October 21 at Cloverdale
Baptist Church in Montgomery at 2:30 p.m.


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