Johnnie Lou Jones was born on November 14, 1909 in Winder, GA. She was the third child and daughter born to Jocie Maybelle Morgan and David H. Jones Sr., and grew up in Cut Off (Walton County), GA.
Johnnie Lou married John Williams and they had five children: Charlotte, Frankie, Gail, Johnny, and Robert "Bobby" (1939-).
Johnnie Lou died on February 26, 1997, in Asheboro, NC, at the age of 87.