When Omer James Chambers was born on 16 December 1910, in Campbell, Dunklin, Missouri, United States, his father, David Carroll Chambers Sr., was 24 and his mother, Cora Verokka Verocka Sharley, was 22. He married Ruby Mae Bozarth on 4 January 1928, in Clay, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Kern, California, United States in 1935 and Judicial Township 5, Santa Barbara, California, United States in 1940. He died on 28 February 1994, in Santa Maria, Topanga, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, United States.