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About Shirley
Shirley was born and raised in Concord, New Hampshire and moved
south because of her fathers health. She's the oldest of five kids, one sister and three
brothers.
David, Roger, Mike
Shirley & Brenda Photo taken 1997
Shirley Dicks is,
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President and Founder of
The
Jeff Dicks Medical Coalition
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President and founder of Authors
For Charity
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founder of The
Murfreesboro Writers Club
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Member of Tennesseans Against
State Killing
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Member of Murder
Victims Families for Reconciliation
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She's been on Geraldo,
Maury, Sally, Rolonda, Shirley Show, and Jerry Springer
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The BBC did a documentary
on her life story and a movie company took an option on her book, They're
Going TO kill My Son to make it into a movie for TV.
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She used to speak out on The
Journey Of Hope which is two weeks of action against the death
penalty by MVFR members. All have lost a loved one to the act of
murder and don't believe that the death sentence is the way to go. Sister
Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, is a member who speaks at prisons, rallies, churches,
colleges, marches for two weeks each year in a different state.
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Shirley has been published in
Joyful Women -- Women's World -- Prison Life -- and other magazines.
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Won first prize in Poetry
Contest for "Daddy's Little Man"
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