When Edith Laurie Andrews was born on 4 February 1903, in Madison, Texas, United States, her father, Robert Floyd Andrews, was 39 and her mother, Sarah Virginia Tinsley, was 30. She married Thomas Cecil Maness on 10 September 1924, in Madison, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Mason, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 1, Madison, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 9 October 1979, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Madisonville, Madison, Texas, United States.