When Wilbert Eugene Wilson was born on 27 May 1906, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Franklin Wilson, was 41 and his mother, Cora Rena Tucker, was 34. He married Mary Ellen Cumbie on 3 December 1925, in Wentworth, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Broadbay Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and South Fork Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 14 January 1994, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Washington Cemetery, Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.