When Lelah Irene Latham was born on 7 October 1904, in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States, her father, George Aaron Latham, was 43 and her mother, Martha "Mattie" Zula Snellings, was 36. She married John McCurry Horsley on 10 August 1946, in Erath, Texas, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Hamilton, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 November 1949, in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Hico Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States.