Gerald “Roger” Sumner is a former pastor, retired IBM field engineer, husband, father and grandfather, talented musician and skilled craftsman whose wife says, “can do about anything but sew!” Born...view moreGerald “Roger” Sumner is a former pastor, retired IBM field engineer, husband, father and grandfather, talented musician and skilled craftsman whose wife says, “can do about anything but sew!” Born to a poor family of 15 in the wiregrass regions of South Georgia, Roger has a rich heritage of values and a quest for spiritual truth. This combination has enabled him to write with wisdom and pathos, and a gentle and respectable treatment of simple folk. He is called by many to be a very wise man; a storyteller; a shepherd; and-- again his wife Susan interjects--“He is a prince among men.”Roger and Susan live in the mountains of Southeastern Tennessee. They have four children and three grandchildren, and a dog named Reagan.view less