When Dempsey Broadway Walters was born on 29 November 1906, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Daniel Roby Walters, was 37 and his mother, Julie Etta Goodman, was 27. He married Mattie Valeria Goodman on 20 September 1930, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Jefferson Township, Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and West Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1981. He died on 1 December 1981, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Ashe, North Carolina, United States.