Gloria Gipson Suggs is a native of Marshall County, MS, where she continues to reside with her husband Franklin; she is the mother of two children named Michael and Linda, and a grandmother of a grandson named Langston. Gloria is the eleventh of seventeen, born to Sam Percy and Versie Ree Jones Gipson. After attending one- and two-room elementary schools, she received a diploma from St. Mary’s High School in Holly Springs MS. She accomplished her B.S. degree in Biology from Rust College and a M.Ed. degree in Curriculum Development and Instructions from Memphis State University which is now U of M in Memphis, TN. When her 20+ years career as an educator was brought to a sudden halt after several accidents, she turned to things she loved as a child-performing, writing, drawing and published 3 books, one in 1983, 1998, and 2013. As a multi-talented artist, she uses the creation of her art, poetry, short stories, and songs to tell the stories passed on to her of African and Native American heritage and rituals.