When David Manley Rouse was born on 4 June 1940, in Seven Springs, Wayne, North Carolina, United States, his father, Albert Manley Rouse, was 22 and his mother, Lottie Mae Turner, was 21. He married Golda Faye Massengill on 30 May 1959, in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, United States for about 22 years. He died on 13 February 2002, at the age of 61, and was buried in Juniper Church Cemetery, Four Oaks, Johnston, North Carolina, United States.