Background
Pirkle, Mänya Higdon was born on July 3, 1935 in Norris, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Samuel Lyle and Mertie Johnson Higdon.
Pirkle, Mänya Higdon was born on July 3, 1935 in Norris, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Samuel Lyle and Mertie Johnson Higdon.
Illustrator American Museum of Atomic Energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1962, American Museum of Science Energy, Oak Ridge, 1974. Owner/operator Mänya Art & Graft Gallery, Gatlinburg, 1979—1981, Oak Ridge, 1981—1984. Instructor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1987—1988.
Owner/operator Mänya Collection Art Gallery, 1988—1992.
Board directors Appalacian Ballet. Member of Knoxville Art Market, Knoxville Art Council, Knoxville Museum of Art, Southern Highland Handcraft Guild, Foothills Craft Guild (charter member, standard committee).
Married John Ward Pirkle, November 26, 1967. 1 child Jonathan Ward. Married William Bullard Monroe, June 18, 1956 (divorced 1962).
Children: Mänette Monroe, Lydia Leigh Monroe Krieps.