Complex sentence: Colvin was born September 5,1939 and was adopted by C. P. Colvin and Mary Anne Colvin, her father mowed lawns and her mother was a maid.
Split into simpler sentences: Colvin was born September 5,1939, and was adopted by C. P. Colvin and Mary Anne Colvin. Her father mowed lawns, and her mother was a maid.