When Florence Louiza Thompson was born on 13 January 1885, in Sikes, Winn, Louisiana, United States, her father, Newitt Monroe Thompson, was 28 and her mother, Dora T Spirling Thompson, was 24. She had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Tecumseh Vernon Beavers. She died on 6 February 1967, in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wright Cemetery, Sikes, Winn, Louisiana, United States.