When Roland McGlone was born on 12 April 1918, in Vanceburg, Lewis, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Cephus McGlone, was 42 and his mother, Hattie Henrietta Davis, was 39. He married Vivian Juanita "Nita" Buckley on 31 October 1936, in Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in South Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 23 July 2009, in Glendora, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.