When Rebecca Norene Winnilford was born on 1 October 1889, in Lancaster, Dallas, Texas, United States, her father, Elbert Lee Winniford, was 32 and her mother, Millie Etta Rawlins, was 19. She married Frank Oliver McCrary on 9 October 1912, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1900 and Marseilles, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 30 September 1967, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 77.