She was born in Chester County, the daughter of the late Rufus and Ida Richardson Priddy. She attended school in Chester County and was married to Ed Forsythe. He died in 1974. She was married to Clyde Teuton in 1977. They lived in Memphis for several years, where she worked as a nurse's aide at Baptist Hospital. They moved to Jackson and was a cook for the Americana Motel. Mr. Teuton died in 2005. She moved to Sledge, MS. She was a Baptist.
She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Pinion and husband Gary of Sledge, MS and two grandsons, Gary Charles Pinion of MS and James William Pinion of MS.