Susie Marie Faulkner was born on June 4, 1916 in Muldrow, Oklahoma to George Alfred Faulkner and Maude May Weatherly.

She married Ras Jefferson Bentley on May 25, 1935 in Yuma, Arizona.

They were the parents of Donald George Bentley and Peggy V Bentley.

She died on March 5, 1990 in Brawley, California.