When Thomas Procella was born on 30 August 1904, in Sabine, Louisiana, United States, his father, John R. Procell, was 29 and his mother, Louisa Bebee, was 23. He married Lena Meshell on 24 December 1923, in Sabine, Louisiana, United States. He lived in Ward Five, Sabine, Louisiana, United States in 1910 and Many, Sabine, Louisiana, United States in 1920. He died on 27 January 1964, in Zwolle, Sabine, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Zwolle, Sabine, Louisiana, United States.