Palmer, Gail

Dr. Gail Palmer has lived in Florida and New York, but has resided in Blount County. She is a native of this area and is tied to the Smoky Mountains through her maternal grandparents (John Marion Sparks and Elizabeth Shuler) who lived in Cades Cove, Tenn., now part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Palmer is dedicated to preserving the history and cultural heritage of those who lived in all the various communities that became GSMNP. She is working on a series of books that will tell stories of individuals who lived in the Smokies, how they made their living, how bad things sometimes happ...