Aileene Cox Roberts was born in Ingram Community near Baldwyn, Mississippi, which is about 18 miles north of Tupelo. She graduated from Baldwyn High School in 1962 and attended North East Mississippi Junior College for two years. She's been writing poetry since before she graduated from high school. While attending NEMJC, she met her husband, Ronald. They were married in 1964. They have two sons, Trent (Ginny) and Jim (Christy), and three grandsons, John Isaac, Ben and Noah. She and Ronald built a home in 1971 on the Roberts home place in Alpine Community in Union County where their grandsons are the seventh generation. She is an avid reader and makes a mean peach cobbler. She also enjoys singing alto in the church choir. She is a born-again Christian and loves the Lord as many of her poems reflect.
