When Edward Basil Brooks was born on 31 October 1907, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Thomas Brooks, was 22 and his mother, Lucy Parolee Virgin, was 14. He married Marianna Irene Mills on 23 March 1934, in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Skilesville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died on 29 June 1963, in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States.