Lesa is a native of west Texas and after growing up in that hot, dry, and dusty environment, she thinks that she's in "almost heaven" in West Virginia's often rainy, gray, and mild climate!

Lesa earned her degree in nursing from Darton College (Albany, GA), while raising two children (now grown) and remaining happily married to her husband, James.

Lesa loves spending time with family and friends, and enjoys church activities, reading, playing piano, and soaking up God's creative genius from the view on her front porch.