Shellie Rushing Tomlinson
As an infant, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson had one of the earliest cases of appendicitis ever documented. Subsequently, fifty-four doctors came to Natchez, MS to study her case. In retrospect, Shellie believes it may have been better had they studied her brain. Shellie is willing to admit it. She hears voices. After briefly considering medication she has instead chosen a career in storytelling to allow them all a chance to be heard. It's working out pretty well.
More comfortable billed as a talker than a speaker, Shellie enjoys entertaining and encouraging a wide range of audiences, as long as she can weave her faith through the stories. Whether sharing her humorous slant on growing up southern in civic and educational settings or offering inspiring devotional features in church services, seminars or weekend retreats, Shellie's talks are full of laughs and motivation.
BiographyAs an infant, Shellie Rushing Tomlinson had one of the earliest cases of appendicitis ever documented. Subsequently, fifty-four doctors came to Natchez, MS to study her case. In retrospect, Shellie believes it may have been better had they studied her brain. Shellie is willing to admit it. She hears voices. After briefly considering medication she has instead chosen a career in storytelling to allow them all a chance to be heard. It's working out pretty well.
More comfortable billed as a talker than a speaker, Shellie enjoys entertaining and encouraging a wide range of audiences, as long as she can weave her faith through the stories. Whether sharing her humorous slant on growing up southern in civic and educational settings or offering inspiring devotional features in church services, seminars or weekend retreats, Shellie's talks are full of laughs and motivation.
Shellie Rushing Tomlinson lives in Lake Providence, Louisiana with her husband, Phil. Their daughter, Jessica, and her husband, Patrick, live in Houston, TX. They have a baby boy named Grant Thomas, (A.K.A, The Baby Beau Czar of All Things Southern.) Their son, Phillip, and his wife, Carey, live in Lake Providence, LA. They have a little girl named Emerson Ann, (A.K.A, The Bellerina Czar of All Things Southern) and are expecting again! Shellie is the author of "Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road", "'Twas the Night before the Very First Christmas" and "Southern Comfort with Shellie Rushing Tomlinson" and the recently released title from Penguin Group USA, "Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On". She is currently working on the sequel to be released Spring 2011, "Sue Ellen's Girl Ain't Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy!" Shellie is owner and publisher of All Things Southern and the host of a daily radio show and weekly TV segment by the same name. A list of the twenty-eight radio stations that carry Shellie's southern features can be found here. You can see Shellie each Tuesday morning at 6:00 on CBS affiliate KNOE TV-8's Good Morning Ark-La-Miss out of Monroe, LA, and listen to Shellie's All Things Southern LIVE Talk Show each Friday morning from 8:00 to 9:00 CST on FOX 92.7 FM. The show streams LIVE and podcasts are available so everyone can join Shellie's southern celebration!
When Shellie isn't writing, speaking, taping her show, answering email or writing content for the next deadline, you can find her playing tennis with Dixie Belle, (the chocolate lab who thinks she is in charge of running Shellie's life).
Just a few of the themes Shellie is ready to share:
"Winning the Game of What If"
"Who Me!? I'm A Tongue Tied Country Girl..."
"Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road"
"Peace in a Pressure Cooker World"
"It's Never Too Late to Be Who You Were Meant to Be!"
"How to Have Mountain Moving, Mulberry Tree Throwing Faith!"
Choose one, or give supply the topic of your event and let Shellie give it a Dixie twist.
"Who Me!? I'm A Tongue Tied Country Girl..."
"Lessons Learned on Bull Run Road"
"Peace in a Pressure Cooker World"
"It's Never Too Late to Be Who You Were Meant to Be!"
"How to Have Mountain Moving, Mulberry Tree Throwing Faith!"
