When Emma Mary Commander was born on 10 July 1886, in Holmes, Florida, United States, her father, Robert James Commander, was 37 and her mother, Cassey Caroline Worthington, was 38. She married W.P. Chason on 19 March 1905, in Holmes, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Walton, Florida, United States in 1935 and Argyle, Walton, Florida, United States in 1940. She died on 1 August 1961, in Florida, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Mount Ida Methodist Church Cemetery, New Hope, Holmes, Florida, United States.