When Effie Lee Andrews was born on 1 November 1889, in Griffin, Spalding, Georgia, United States, her father, Jacob Woodson Andrews, was 31 and her mother, Evie George Davis, was 21. She married James Thomas Hammond on 16 December 1906, in Spalding, Macon, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in District 1068, Spalding, Georgia, United States for about 20 years and Buena Vista, Marion, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died on 10 January 1959, in Tyler, Smith, Texas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Elkins Cemetery, Omen, Smith, Texas, United States.