Virginia Clinton Kelley nació el 6 de junio de 1923 en Arkansas, Estados Unidos. Estuvo casada con Richard Kelley, George Jefferson Dwire, Roger Clinton, Sr. y William Jefferson Blythe II. Murió el 6 de enero de 1994 en Arkansas, Estados Unidos.
[about her second husband Roger Clinton, an alcoholic who was abusive to her, firing a gun into a wall during a drunken rage] I've been asked how I felt about my husband shooting at me. How does anybody feel when you get shot at?