Tom Pilgrim was born in LaGrange, Georgia, and grew up in several small towns, but mainly in Savannah, Georgia where he lived ten years, finishing high school at R.W. Groves High School in Garden City. While at Groves he played baseball and was an officer in the Army R.O.T.C. In the summer after graduating he umpired Little League baseball. That was his first paying job.

He worked in a plywood mill off Bay Street in Savannah for one year, and then joined the Georgia Army National Guard, serving six months on active duty.

His wife Shirley and he were married in Savannah, and moved to Marietta, Georgia, where he worked two years for a lumber company. He then became a United Methodist Pastor, and graduated from LaGrange College and Emory University.

We have three grown children and eight grandchildren. We enjoy reading, movies, and travel. Shirley collects China dolls, records, tapes, and cd's. Tom has a collection of coffee mugs, Bibles, and books.

They now live in Marietta, Georgia and Port St Joe, Florida. Tom has some other writing, including a column for a newspaper, The Jackson Herald. He was also a contributor to the journal, Emphasis. He has has six inspirational books. All of these are still in print. They are: The Master Has Come, The Roads Jesus Traveled, Behold The Man, The Man From Galilee, They Came Together In Bethlehem, and The Light Of Bethlehem Shines On. You will find these listed by Thomas A. Pilgrim, except The Man From Galilee is listed by Tom Pilgrim.