When Robert Woody Savell was born on 23 May 1885, in Neshoba, Mississippi, United States, his father, Hillen Savell, was 38 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Smith, was 38. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughters with Mary Lula Divine. He lived in Beat 4, Kemper, Mississippi, United States in 1940. In 1918, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as farmer - self-employed in Neshoba, Mississippi, United States. He died on 20 January 1961, at the age of 75, and was buried in Neshoba, Mississippi, United States.