When Selma Lula Lewis was born on 26 November 1885, in Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States, her father, Creed Raines Lewis, was 46 and her mother, Mahala Ann Mathews, was 38. She married John Jenkins on 31 May 1903, in Clarksville, Johnson, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Sulphur Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Center Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States in 1920. She died on 18 January 1970, in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Greenwood, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.