[3] She married McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones,[4][5][6][7] part of the prosperous Chicago African American Jones family that was involved in the "policy" numbers game racket before Al Capone and white mafia figures completed a violent takeover.
[8] After her husband's death in a car accident, she developed their vacation home into the Double J Ranch (referred to as the Pink Mansion) in Constantine Township, Michigan.
She remained close with the Jones family and was the subject of society page notices in African American magazines.
She is recorded on the album Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective on the song "Moonlight On Turham Bay" with L'Ana Hyams and other female performers.
She was also recorded as part of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a group she joined in 1940,[10] including on the song "Tuxedo Junction".