When Flora Elizabeth Anders was born on 17 June 1890, in Sparta, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jasper Joseph Anders Jr, was 28 and her mother, Thursia J Bedwell, was 26. She married William Malcolm Lovell on 15 November 1930, in Grayson, Virginia, United States. She lived in Gap Civil Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 30 April 1982, in Galax, Grayson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 91.