Joanne Elizabeth Smith is the son of Robert Leo Smith (Jr.) and Ruth Harriet Rupp. She was born in 1949.

In 1971, she married Dale B. Hancock in California. He was born in 1947.

Children of Joanne Elizabeth Smith and Dale B. Hancock:

1. Caroline Elizabeth Hancock was born in 1973 in California.
2. Elizabeth Suzanne Hancock was born in 1978 in California.