Author Juanita Green Hollinghead has devoted the last thirty-nine years of her life to uncovering the facts about the murder of her paternal grandfather. Since early childhood, Juanita has had an inexplicable yearning to know the whole story of Jake’s death. Juanita’s father never discussed the murder of his father with his wife or four children. Only in 1988, after her father’s death, did Juanita begin an active personal investigation into this crime that shaped her entire family’s history.

Juanita worked tirelessly for twenty-four years in the field of education in various positions—kindergarten and elementary classroom instructor, instructional interventionist, and principal. A fifth-generation Mississippian, Juanita has carried on the tradition of service to others established by other members of her Green family, including serving as a member of the Board of Alderman for the Town of Leakesville for eight years.

She and her husband, Andy have two grown children—Drew and Paige—and three grandsons and six granddaughters. They attend Sonlight Community Church and make their home in Leakesville, Mississippi.