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walked-the-walk in beauty pageants, modeled and married her high school sweetheart, Jimmy Deen (no, not the sausage king). Soon she was a young mom with two strapping little boys. Alas, she and Mr. Deen were not destined to live happily ever after. Te failure of her marriage, the death of her parents and other tragedies catapulted her into a prolonged battle with agoraphobia. Tough she seems to be perpetually happy, she battled repeated attacks of intense anxiety and an abnormal fear of the unfamiliar.
Tese trials changed the course of
her life. In 1989, she became, by her own admission, “the bag lady.” But she had grown up learning to cook, and she knew that was something she could fall back on. With a stash of $200, she began a home-based meal delivery service, starting with office lunches, in Savannah. With her young boys, Jamie and Bobby, running sandwiches, she went on to cooking at a Savannah Best Western. It was another five years before she was able to open her first restaurant, Te Lady & Sons, which has become a landmark for Savannah tourists, with perennial lines of
food fans waiting to sample Paula’s now-famous cooking. In many cases, Te Lady & Sons is their reason for visiting Savannah in the first place. An American success story, Paula
Deen is a sterling example for single mothers. She lives in a gracious, custom-built, waterfront home on an island outside Savannah with her current husband, Michael Groover. In 2004, the Food Network did a special on their colorful wedding. A bearded, salty character, he still works as a tugboat captain when he isn’t traveling with Paula.
Tis dynamic lady has sold more The Lady & Sons has become a landmark for
Savannah tourists, with perennial lines of food fans waiting to sample Paula’s now-famous cooking.
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