Miss Kitty's - Camden, AL

July -- It is late - after 2 pm. I hope they are not closed !   Karen and I traced a track across Alabama from Old Cahawba, en-route to home in NW Florida but after an hour or so we were ready for some food. Anther hour put us into Camden and we spotted Miss Kitty's place.  We hoped it was not closed.  

Our good fortune. NOT CLOSED.   They were about to put away the food but left out the buffet for us and made us welcome.  Savory food . Home cooking style.  People that served with a smile even though we were pushing the shift envelope.  





As we neared the desert portion of the meal... we struck up a conversation with Miss Kitty herself.


A strong and personable woman of deep faith and humanity.  We listened to some of her story.  How she manages her business. How she works with employees. With customers.  It was a lesson in business and good marketing and community spirit as well as family values.

I took an opportunity to share with her one of my navy challenge coins from USS O'Callahan.  The ship was named for a Navy Chaplain, Fr. Joseph O'Callahan.  The shamrock and the cross in the ship's seal (on the coin) make a nice conversation piece and encourage a brief prayer for a veteran or others who touch our lives.   

Before we left, she and her husband  Larry sang us a hymn. It is one she often sings.  

Ms Kitty's daily prayer on the back door

Here is a copy of a prayer she says every day as she enters the backdoor of the restaurant to open up.  THE BIG request is to be humble.  And to bring her team and customers to a happy experience.



 By the time we left we felt we had been blessed and fed by one of God's Angels.  The trip home was another couple of hours but it was ever more pleasant for the food and the warmth of new friends.

How about a little Gospel   - right in the  Restaurant... along a full album of photos.  If in Camden, AL, stop in for some great Southern Home Cooking and hospitality.  (click)

Larry and Veronica M. Wilson are the owners and operators of Ms Kitty's.  Find them in Camden on Hwy 41 N.