When Eddie Leo Coggins was born on 11 August 1954, in Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi, United States, his father, Charles Milam Coggins, was 32 and his mother, Flora Ruth Nanney, was 32. He died on 13 August 1954, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Mantachie, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States.