Ruthie Mae Bolton was born January 6, 1961, in the Hungry Neck section of Charleston, South Carolina.
One day Grandmama died as a result of a severe beating by her husband-it occured to no one to call this to the attention of the authorities-and Gal was left in the brutal hands of her granddaddy.
Her mother was the wandering kind, so Ruthie Mae-nicknamed "Gal" by her stepgrandfather-was raised in her grandparents\' home.
At the time, her mother was thirteen; she has never known who her father was.
Ruthie Mae Bolton was born January 6, 1961, in the Hungry Neck section of Charleston, South Carolina