Sunday, June 23, 2019

Who ya gonna call? Bail bonder Sharon Baker!

Photo by Lionel Allorge - Own work

On Wednesday, July 10, the Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime is pleased to host Sharon Baker, co-managing owner of Giggie's Bonding Company LLC.

For all of us who don't really understand the process of bonding, Sharon has the answers, and, we trust, some stories. She was thrust into bonding in 2000 when her father, the founder of Giggies, suddenly passed. Prior to bonding, she served in accounting and computer system administration for fifteen years, primarily in auto dealerships and computer services. When her father died, Sharon was bookkeeper for Sepala Homes, a subdivision home builder.

Giggies is a family business. Sharon’s husband, Calvin Baker is retired from Greenville County Service Center where for 28 years he was a mechanic for the Sheriff Department. He now helps her with the bonding. Sharon’s niece, who was working for the company when Sharon’s father passed, is their court liaison. Her nephew is their customer services and office clerk. Her son, who is blind, helps with answering phones. Sharon partners with her two siblings, Sandra Stowers and Lamal Thompson, who inherited the business with her.  

Along with being a busy bail bonds person, Sharon has found the time to be a wife, Mother and grandmother. She and Calvin have been together for 37 years and have 2 children and  3 grandchildren. She attended USC Columbia SC for 2 years and graduated from Rutledge College for Business.

MEETING DETAILS
Our monthly meeting will take place on Wednesday, July 10, at The Runway CafĂ©, 21 Airport Rd, Greenville, SC.  Be there at 6:15 p.m. to meet Sharon Baker and enjoy chapter fellowship. Supper should be served at 6:30. Our speaker will begin after new and old business at about 7 p.m. Both dinner and the meeting are open to the public.

Please e-mail your dinner and drink order before noon on Thursday to Ellis Vidler (click on link).This speeds service and helps us plan. The link for our special menu is located on the right-hand column listing.

If you place order and do not attend or fail to cancel by noon, you will be charged for the meal. And like always, we'll enjoy it. Look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US FOR COMING EVENTS
August 1, David Plowden, Retired federal attorney
September 5, Ann Middleton, Former FBI agent
Thursday, September 26th, (replaces October meeting) Fiction Addiction—William Kent Krueger
November 7    Dorothy St James
December      Holiday Party