Gloria Gaither

Gloria Gaither
Gloria in Sept. 2016
Background information
Birth name	Gloria Lee Sickal
Born	(1942-03-04) March 4, 1942 (age 74) Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Christian music
Occupation(s)	Songwriter (lyricist), author, screenwriter, speaker
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1962–present
Associated acts	Bill Gaither Bill Gaither Trio
Website	www.gaither.com

Gloria Gaither (born March 4, 1942) is a Christian songwriter, author, speaker, editor, and academic. She is the wife of Bill Gaither and together they have written more than 700 songs. She performed, traveled and recorded with the Bill Gaither Trio from 1965 through 1985. Since 1990, she has served as a performer, recording artist, songwriter, scriptwriter and narrator for the Gaither Homecoming series of television broadcasts, video and DVD releases, and audio recordings.

She was born Gloria Lee Sickal in 1942 in Michigan, a daughter of Pastor Lee Sickal and Dorothy Sickal. She spent most of her childhood and high school career in the Battle Creek area of Michigan, working a brief time for the Kellogg Company.

When Sickal graduated from Clare High School in Clare, Michigan, she attended Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. There, she triple majored in English, French, and Sociology. Her extracurricular activities at the college included participation in the Drama Club and Alpha Chi National College Honor Society and Sigma Tau Delta honor society.

Upon her graduation, she took a job at Alexandria Monroe High School as a French teacher. There, she met Bill Gaither, who was teaching English at the time. She married Gaither in 1962, and they began writing songs recreationally.

In 1991, she attended Ball State University and received a Master of Arts in British and American Literature. She taught as an adjunct professor at Anderson University in 1987–88 and 1996–97.