When Alvin Roan Alderman was born on 17 April 1909, in Lake Butler, Union, Florida, United States, his father, William Roan Alderman, was 32 and his mother, Janie Burnett, was 25. He married Maude Valeria Nettles on 24 July 1930. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lake Butler, Bradford, Florida, United States for about 10 years and Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States in 1940. He died on 25 July 1989, at the age of 80, and was buried in Fort Walton Beach, Okaloosa, Florida, United States.