When Lawrence David Suttle was born on 6 August 1907, in Swannanoa, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Lonza Rankin Suttle, was 37 and his mother, Nora Martin Wilson, was 21. He had at least 2 sons with Garnie Allen. He lived in Swannanoa Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 21 May 1994, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.