Jinna was born 1955 in Webb City. The daughter of John R. and Susan F. Greninger. She attended Webb City Grade School.
The family moved to Columbus, where she attended Junior High. In 1968 they moved to Greenfield, Missouri, where she graduated from High School.
In 1973, moving to Neosho, she worked for a dress shop. Then to Joplin where she worked for Famous Barr, and later...