When Corene Effie Corley was born on 25 May 1917, in Tolbert, Wilbarger, Texas, United States, her father, Elbert Lee Corley, was 33 and her mother, Lessie Loretta Alberta Plumlee, was 21. She married J B McAuley on 23 December 1933, in Lubbock, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Wilbarger, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 5, Lubbock, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 20 May 1994, in Shallowater, Lubbock, Texas, United States, at the age of 76.