When Lessie Lewis Sutton was born on 17 October 1884, in Sampson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Lewis Sutton, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Caroline Sutton, was 34. She married Alvin Devane King on 25 February 1906, in Sampson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Piney Grove Township, Sampson, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 20 April 1956, in Mount Olive, Hyde, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Faison, Duplin, North Carolina, United States.