Tommie Lee ThomasTommie Lee Thomas is a native son of Quitman, Georgia born June 14, 1947 on the Sheffield sharecropper's plantation. He was raised in the urban portion of Quitman after the age of six years whereas before he was educated in a Church in rural area namd Deansville by his mother Cherry Lee Thomas and a school mom. His urban schooling was at Washington Street High School and fared well under the tutelage of Robert C. Marshall (A relative) and Florence Butts. Upon graduation, he moved to Detroit, Michigan where he worked on the assembly line at Ford Motor Company. Twenty years of back breaking work was a blessing for it affords him the things to make a comfortable living. The hard work ethics did not go unnoticed by his supervisor who urges him to get a college education. He thought he was making fun of him but the supervisor was for real. So at the age of 43, he took up the offer by Ed Mannion. Ed explained to him that he saw something great and would like for him to succeed. We argued every day all shift long but it was the making of a lifelong friendship. Ed is White (Caucasoid), and he means the world to me and is my best friend. A new position opened up called Statistical Process Control (SPC) and he wanted me to fill that position after he started school going to Central Michigan University at night working 7 days a week twelve hours a day from five to five. He began college in 1988 and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's Degree in Management in 1993. He attended post graduate school carrying a 4.0 GPA with 8 credit hours left before completion working the status of Phi Beta Kappa. He gained Teacher's Certification from Marygrove College but never taught school. He retired from Ford Motor Company after 30 years of service and the City of Detroit after 10 years of service. He is the author of many books. He is a dedicated Christian who loves everyone no matter what ethnic background and the father of three sons and two daughters. He has a passion for writing, a gift learned at a very mature age. He has written 15 novels, 3 book sets of poems, a screenplay. He is now a writer and publisher of many works who has domiciles in Quitman and Atlanta Georgia, Mobile, Alabama, Charlotte, South Carolina, Detroit, Michigan. Read More Read Less