When Edna Ann Andrews was born on 9 March 1895, in Arkansas, United States, her father, James Andrews, was 33 and her mother, Mary L Thompson, was 28. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with John Campbell York Jr. She lived in Freeman Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States in 1930 and Osage Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 3 November 1978, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in York Cemetery, Osage, Carroll, Arkansas, United States.