When Stephen Deelee Parks was born on 17 May 1911, in Texas, United States, his father, George Washington Parks II, was 41 and his mother, Maggie Lou Gray, was 36. He married Verma Callie Fenton on 21 September 1931, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Scurry, Texas, United States in 1935 and Commissioner's Precinct 2, Scurry, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 17 November 1992, in Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hico Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States.