Donna Mastine Samuels (Key) "Sook/Sis" was born on August 9th 1937 to Rosetta Lee Key and John Brady Key in Dothan, Alabama.She was the second eldest out of 12 siblings.Donna moved to Newarl, Nj as a child in 1945 where she atteneded Newark Public Schools. In her teen years she helped raise her younger sibilings and met James Henry Samules SR. (Boodney) in 1951 on Rutgers st in Newark, NJ .They went on to get married and had four children together, James , Janice, Steven , and Stephaine. Donna was very religious and dedicated her life to GOD. She was a memeber of Queen of Angels, apart of the Rosary Society and worked at Queen of Angel's Catholic School , as the cafeteria directir for 20 plus years.

In 2001 Donna and James moved to Hillside, Nj and several years later Donna joined Christ the King Church , where she was a part of the choir. Donna enjoyed traveling and vacations with her busband . One of her favorite places to go was her families annual summer trip to Wildwood, New Jersey.