When Frankie Lucille Blackwell was born on 15 November 1910, in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas, United States, her father, Francis Marion Blackwell, was 34 and her mother, Maude Lenora Wood, was 27. She had at least 1 son with Clarence Odes Stephens. She lived in Prairie Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1920. She died on 3 September 1980, in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 69.