Henderson Frank Ponder grew up along the banks of Raccoon Creek near the little cotton mill town of Berryton, Georgia.   Like many young men crossing the threshold of puberty at the end of the depression, news of the war sparked within him a promise of adventure... not a threat, as it should have. Trained as a covert operations specialist by the OSS, he served during the latter days of World War II as Weapons Procurement Agent for the Covanich Group... a remnant of the Mihailovich Underground in Yugoslavia. In private practice since 1953 as a CNPA , he is still working at the age of 82.  His books are, Mesha, San Mario Island, and Judische Jade, all from slightly fictionalized  memoirs of his war time experiences.

When Henderson returned home after the war, he married Frances (Bunton) Gilmer, the prettiest girl in Georgia and went back to school on the GI Bill of Rights. He completed Higher Accounting and Business Administration, and Tax Law and Accounting at North Georgia Business College, and continued advanced studies in Tax and Commercial Law at LaSalle Extension University and the John Marshall School of Law. He opened his practice in January of 1953, a practice that still continues at the end of the tax filing season of 2009. He is a member of the National Society of Public Accountants, the National Association of Tax Accountants, the NSCTA, and other professional organizations. He is also an inventor with five patents mainly in alternative energy development, the father of two beautiful daughters, and grandfather to five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.