When Albert Basco Coggins was born on 14 March 1915, in South Carolina, United States, his father, Albert Melton Coggins, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ella Hendrix, was 27. He had at least 1 daughter with Beulah Jessie Thurmond. He lived in Reidville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States for about 5 years and Beech Springs Township, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 20 January 1988, at the age of 72, and was buried in Greer, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.