When Lou Neil Nelson was born on 2 October 1884, in Elmore, Elmore, Alabama, United States, her father, Lewis Wilbury Nelson, was 25 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth Mitchell, was 21. She married James Thomas Arant on 23 July 1903, in Prattville, Autauga, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 11 Mountain Creek, Autauga, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 4 Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 10 February 1954, in Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States.