Delores was born on 18 May 1933 in
Carthage,, Leake county,, Mississippi. She was the daughter of
Hartsell Clyde Edwards and
Fannie Agnes Cooper. Delores Clydell Edwards married
Bobby Hudson in 1951. Delores Clydell Edwards and Bobby
Hudson were divorced in 1953 in
Jackson, Mississippi. She married
James Robert Savage in
Jackson,, Hinds county,, Mississippi, on 22 November 1956. The wedding was performed by the Rev. W.B.Selah at Galloway Memorial Methodist Church on Thanksgiving afternoon, the 22 of November 1956.. Delores died on 22 February 1995 in
Jackson,, Hinds county,, Mississippi, at age 61. Snookie spent 30 days in the hospital before she died at 6:30 on a Wednesday night. She had the upper right lobe of her left lung removed because of a malignant tumor discovered in a routine physical examination. The cause of death was atelectasis, pneumonia and cardio respiratory failure.. Her body was interred on 25 February 1995 in
Jackson,, Hinds county,, Mississippi, in Lakewood Cemetery.