Roads was born in Perry Township, Pike County, Ohio, USA, on 31 December 1881, to parents John Alexander Cameron Sr. (1846–1940) and Sarah M. “Sadie” McCoppin (1851–1935). She was a member of the Greenfield First United Methodist Church and a graduate of Western College in Oxford, teaching school for several years. She married John H. Roads, though the couple had no children, and he passed away in 1962.
Roads passed away at the Oakland Nursing Center in Hillsboro, on 29 August 1992, at the age of 110 years, 242 days.
Her age was verified by Jimmy Lindberg and Stefan Maglov, and validated by LongeviQuest on 26 October 2024.
* John Alexander Cameron Sr. – Find A Grave
* The Press Gazette, 25 June 1992
* The Press Gazette, 1 September 1992