When Sara Nell Welchel was born on 18 August 1920, in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States, her father, Frederic Cooper Whelchel, was 29 and her mother, Harriett Elise Davison, was 29. She married Lt. Col. John Elchak Jr on 22 October 1949. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in District 448, Banks, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 January 2001, in Fairfax, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.