Tina was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, where she grew up. She accepted Jesus at the age of twelve in a country church in Attala County. 

She and Wayne were married after they finished Holmes Community College. Their son, Jeffrey, was born during her senior year at Mississippi State. She graduated with a degree in education and taught for 17 years. She faithfully attended church all her life but did not learn about walking in a close, intimate relationship with Jesus until she was in her mid twenties. Daughters Jenni and Jodi were born five and six years after Jeffrey. Tina had a strong desire to know the Lord better during her 30's and spent many hours in His Word and Bible study. However, it was not until Jordan, their fourth child, was born and died in 1998 that the Lord truly revealed to her who He was and how much He loved her. Her life has never been the same since. She has a passion to tell hurting people about the faithfulness of God and about how He really does have a future full of hope prepared for each one of His children, even when we don't understand why He allows some hard things to come into our lives.