When Walter Lee Lunsford was born on 10 February 1910, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Joshua Lunsford, was 36 and his mother, Leonette "Nettie" Green, was 33. He married Gladys Opal Crowley on 28 September 1933, in Perry, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Pulaski, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Templeton Judicial Township, San Luis Obispo, California, United States in 1940. He died on 27 May 1991, in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.