When Walter Ray Lunsford was born on 9 June 1891, in Stokes, North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Lunsford, was 27 and his mother, Minnie Lodauski Kennedy, was 24. He married Martha Ellen Caudle on 22 November 1913, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cadiz, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Winston Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 June 1968, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.