Excerpt from Who Was Responsible?

Maggie Shaw-Fullilove, the author of this story, was born in LaFayette County, Mississippi, January 27, 1884, and died in Yazoo City, Mississippi, October 30, 1918. She was the youngest daughter of Mrs. Maria Petty-Shaw and the Rev. D. P. Shaw, a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her parents were ex-slaves, without school advantages, but with such a passion for education as found fruitage in the college education for all their children.

Maggie Shaw was graduated from Rust University, Holly Springs, Mississippi, with the degree of A. B. in the class of 1907. Soon thereafter she was married to Dr. Robert E. Fullilove, who afterwards located in Yazoo City, Mississippi. Three children were born to that union. A faithful and devoted wife and mother, she nevertheless found time to give to the writing of short stories for publication in newspapers and magazines. Various stories with moral and religious messages, such as "Sweet Peas Between, " "Navy Blue Velvet, " "Pass It On, " "The Making of Leon Tony, " and "Sermons in Stones" came rapidly from her pen. She never wrote for mere entertainment. She was a gifted singer as well as writer, and employed her talents in the local church choir.

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