Lilma McLean SampleLilma McLean Sample was born in Harnett County, North Carolina. She grew up without a mother and lived mainly with her older sister at times and also with her father, who was a sharecropper. She lived a fairly normal life, other than in poverty. Ther was inadequate housing, food, clothing and education. There was never enough of anything as she saw it. As time passed, she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to take care and baby sit for her brother and sister-in-law. She met and married her husband and gave birth to their six children. She has always loved art and writing songs. She even had some of her lyrics set to music. Read More Read Less