When Hugh Bevel Lehew Jr was born on 8 April 1924, in Kaufman, Texas, United States, his father, Rev Hugh Bevel Brous, was 34 and his mother, Neutie Leon Lehew, was 21. He lived in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States in 1930. He died on 10 April 2012, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States.