When Oval Marion Ayers was born on 11 November 1904, in Canadian, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Emsley Elcaney Ayers, was 25 and his mother, Nellie Joy Hamilton, was 19. He married Lillie Maude Booze on 11 November 1922, in Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Burnett, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Maple Township, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 12 December 1985, in Calumet, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Calumet, Canadian, Oklahoma, United States.