When Thelma Alice Arant was born on 27 January 1919, in Alabama, United States, her father, James Thomas Arant, was 35 and her mother, Lou Neil Nelson, was 34. She married Gilbert Woodfin Littleton on 26 April 1937, in Election Precinct 29 Alabama City, Etowah, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Election Precinct 4 Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 31 July 1992, in Clanton, Chilton, Alabama, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Thorsby, Chilton, Alabama, United States.