When William Crisler Malone was born on 8 September 1903, in Arkansas, United States, his father, Arthur Daniel Malone Jr, was 49 and his mother, Rosa Belle Dacus, was 36. He married Cecile Marie Cox on 24 December 1927, in Craighead, Arkansas, United States. He lived in Howard Township, Conway, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 June 1974, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Cypress, Orange, California, United States.