She was related to acclaimed Galax-area musicians and early recording artists Fields, Crockett and Wade Ward, and Henry Whitter.

Her father, Clarence Wroten, was a singer and string band musician who performed with the Ruby Tonic Entertainers and had radio shows in Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina, in the 1930s.

On December 17, 1971, she married John Coffey, a certified nurse anesthetist and string band musician, who accompanied her on the album and wrote the liner notes.

[4] On November 20, 1971, the album received a favorable mention in Billboard Magazine, which said that the record "showed a definite non-Nashville approach and would appeal to folk enthusiasts as well.

[3] She can be heard singing harmony vocals on "Rising Sun Melodies," a compilation of Ola Belle Reed songs released in 2010 by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.