When Billy Douglas Spencer was born on 12 February 1929, in Countyline, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, his father, Percivil D Spencer, was 21 and his mother, Ione Courington, was 20. He married Virginia Leona Geiken on 15 July 1949, in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Graham, Carter, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 19 September 2003, in Truth or Consequences, Sierra, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Truth or Consequences, Sierra, New Mexico, United States.