When Alma Fern Hough was born on 17 April 1914, in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States, her father, Harrison Ellis Hough, was 43 and her mother, Sarah Alma Caldwell, was 35. She married Raymond Leon Hurst on 11 October 1931, in Exeter, Tulare, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Exeter, Tulare, California, United States in 1930 and Exeter Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States in 1940. She died on 10 February 1994, in Deming, Luna, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Deming, Luna, New Mexico, United States.