When Flynn William Chivers was born on 19 November 1907, in Conway, Arkansas, United States, his father, William Floyd Chivers, was 21 and his mother, Lennie Lorene Jeffries, was 17. He married Etta Irene Wright on 28 July 1926, in Lonoke, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Richwoods Township, Lonoke, Arkansas, United States in 1920 and Clarendon, Monroe, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 January 1987, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Clarendon, Monroe, Arkansas, United States.