When Dora Edna Thompson was born on 14 February 1902, in Longview, Harrison, Texas, United States, her father, Samuel A Thompson, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Rebecca Thomas, was 27. She had at least 3 sons and 4 daughters with Preston John Robert Morrow. She lived in Justice Precinct 7, Fannin, Texas, United States in 1910 and Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 September 1981, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Castle Rock, Douglas, Colorado, United States.