When Grace Nellie Kinney was born on 5 June 1903, in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Jacob Alexander Kinney, was 41 and her mother, Nellie Rebecca Peaslee, was 32. She married Roy Alvin Cook on 2 September 1928, in Logan, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Springer Township, Logan, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Springvale Township, Logan, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 5 March 1994, in Vista, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 90.