When Sarah Rose Emma Spears was born on 26 July 1885, in Clay, Alabama, United States, her father, John W Spears, was 37 and her mother, Amanda Samantha Webb, was 37. She married James Monroe Collier on 18 August 1909, in Clay, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Delta, Clay, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 16 Friendship, Marshall, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 12 March 1974, in Guntersville, Marshall, Alabama, United States, at the age of 88.