When George Owen Luckie was born on 1 September 1881, in Buffalo, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, his father, Perry Owen Luckie, was 34 and his mother, Sallie Shumate, was 28. He lived in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 2, Grayson, Texas, United States for about 5 years. He died on 23 October 1946, in Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 65.