When Thomas Glynn McGee was born on 27 February 1918, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Osmer George McGee, was 19 and his mother, Zera Henley, was 19. He lived in Webster, Mississippi, United States in 1935 and Beat 5, Webster, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 5 January 1969, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Dancy, Webster, Mississippi, United States.