When Clifton Russell "Sam" Scott was born on 25 March 1925, in Danville, Virginia, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Scott, was 32 and his mother, Julia Ann Dove, was 30. He married Leona Mae Gregory on 13 May 1950, in Vinton, Roanoke, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Tunstall Magisterial District, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Seneca Magisterial District, Campbell, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 10 April 2006, in Salem, Virginia, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Vinton, Roanoke, Virginia, United States.