Susie Dolly Thompson was born on May 9th, 1930 in Koeltztown, Missouri to her parents Lemuel Green "Emil" Thompson and Mary Susie Windley. She married Claude Edward Reeves on December 24, 1950 in Vienna, Missouri. They had 7 daughters, 5 of which survived. She has lived in Missouri, Washington, and South Dakota. 

She passed away on January 30th, 2013 in Vienna, Missouri at the age of 82. She is buried at the Vienna Public Cemetery next to her husband, Claude.