She was married to her husband, Raymond DeWitt, Bolton senior for over 60 years, and in 1974 they became the first African American couple to join the previously all white Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church.
她與丈夫雷蒙德-德威特(Raymond DeWitt,博爾頓老人)結婚60多年,1974年,他們成為第一對加入以前全是白人的錫安福音路德會的非裔美國人夫婦。