When Lula Jane Pruitt was born on 7 December 1882, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joel Andrew Pruitt, was 27 and her mother, Lodemia Bauguess, was 31. She married Andrew Patterson Bauguess about 1901, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Trap Hill Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 34 years. She died on 11 June 1964, in North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States.