[2] The daughter of Elijah Joshua Reeves and Ruby Lee Gilmore, Lois was part of a family of 11 children.

[7][8] The group put Lois' business knowledge to work; she took care of the bookkeeping, hotel reservations, travel arrangements and also helped negotiate contracts.

Since the Andantes played a pivotal role in the Motown sound, it's often confusing as to which members of the Vandellas sang on the recordings with Martha.

At the end of the year, the group split up and Lois joined background singing group Quiet Elegance, who played a role in singing background for Al Green's pivotal seventies work on songs such as "Call Me", "Livin' for You" and "L-O-V-E".

A few years later she closed the business, got divorced, and found herself back on the road as a Vandella, this time with younger sister Delphine.

In 1990, she released the single "Patience Is a Virtue"[11] and the album track "Sweet Temptation" for Ian Levine's Motorcity project.