Millham Women: Kidnapped, Kept Ten Years

Dorothy Alease Phillips, a retired high school teacher, taught English and journalism for over 22 years. She was married to the late Dr. Chester Phillips, a Baptist minister, and aided in his ministry for over 40 years. As a teacher, minister's wife, and mother of three children, Phillips has geared her writings to various age groups in short stories, teen novels, romance novels, plays, and free-lance nonfiction. She attends writer's conferences to hone her craft and to fellowship with other authors.Phillips earned a B. S. degree from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina, and a Master's degree from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Now residing in North Augusta, South Carolina, she still drives, takes exercise three times a week with Silver Sneakers, attends church services regularly, leads an active social life, and writes for publication. She considers herself blessed.

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Three hard-hearted mountaineers snatch college freshman Kellie Kidler and fifteen-year-old twins, Ann and Nan Furman, haul them away to an isolated shack, and keep them captive for ten years, using beatings and the loss of fingers as deterrents to escape. The three Millham women survive mainly by caring for the baby they delivered to a dying mother the night of their capture. Their story is doled out as they struggle to fit back into their former lives with a mingling of shame, romance, and humor. Kellie, 28, especially, struggles with her Christian conviction to forgive Butch, the Millham man, who stole ten years of her life.

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