Joan Arden Wilson was born on 10 April 1934, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States as the daughter of Charles Ewart Wilson and Margaret Ann Slusarz. She married John Clifford Adkisson Jr on 24 October 1959, in Arlington, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. In 1959, at the age of 25, her occupation is listed as airline hostess in Alexandria, Virginia, United States. She died on 25 July 1992, in District 531, DeKalb, Georgia, United States, at the age of 58.