- Born
- Birth namePaula Ann Hiers
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Born in Albany, Georgia, Deen is a notable graduate of Albany High School. She married her first husband after graduating high school in 1965. Her parents both died by the time she was 23, and a resultant fear of death led to chronic agoraphobia. She was a proficient Southern cook, and used it to help deal with her condition. in 1986, she felt okay enough to take a job as a bank teller. She was robbed at gunpoint the next year, and that incident led her to deal with her agoraphobia head-on. After the family moved to Savannah in 1989, she decided to parlay her cooking experience into a clandestine catering service. She made sandwiches and other meals, and her sons delivered them.
- IMDb mini biography by: Brian J
- SpousesMichael Anthony Groover(March 6, 2004 - present)Jimmy Deen(1965 - 1989) (divorced, 2 children)
- Children
- ParentsCorrie A. PaulEarl Wayne Hiers Sr
- RelativesEarl Hiers(Sibling)
- Owns the "Lady and Sons" restaurant in downtown Savannah with her two sons, Bobby Deen and Jamie Deen.
- Diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes [January 17, 2012].
- Her first business, The Bag Lady, lasted for five years out of the kitchen in the Best Western in Savannah.
- Films her cooking show, Paula's Home Cooking (2002), out of her kitchen in Georgia.
- Her younger brother and former business partner, Earl "Bubba" Wayne Hiers Jr., died on August 15, 2019 after a battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 65.
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