When Effie L Wilson was born on 22 October 1909, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States, her father, Elvin C Wilson, was 37 and her mother, Margaret Hoskins, was 27. She married Haywood B "H.B." Marion on 5 December 1932, in Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 5, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 1, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 23 November 1994, in Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Bingham Cemetery, Green Road, Knox, Kentucky, United States.