When Temoy Leonir Cannady was born on 16 January 1878, in Metter, Candler, Georgia, United States, her father, John William Cannady, was 30 and her mother, Ellender Jones, was 28. She married James C. Lawrence on 25 May 1899, in Ballard, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Emanuel, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 10 September 1949, at the age of 71.