Her mother was a war bride from Japan following World War II and her father was a self - educated teamster from Alabama .
Bace grew up in rural Alabama as one of seven children and was diagnosed with epilepsy in adolescence .
Bace 's mother was a war bride from Japan following World War II and her father was a self - educated teamster Alabama Alabama .
Bace grew up in rural Alabama as one of seven children and was diagnosed with epilepsy in adolescence .