When James Benjamin Flowers Jr. was born on 22 August 1921, in Texas, United States, his father, James Benjamin "J. B." Flowers, was 36 and his mother, Ruth Taylor, was 29. He lived in Ward Nine, Caddo, Louisiana, United States in 1930. He died on 5 November 1978, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.