Beverly Brantley Gentry is a first-time author who currently lives in Titusville, Florida. She was born April 6, 1930 in Bessemer, Alabama. She has four children, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and one surviving sister. She is actively involved in the Prime Timer Band at Temple Baptist Church and plays gospel and country music on the Dobro. She is also in the Red Hat Melodies, enjoys traveling and spending time with her family and friends.