When Clara Belle Baity was born on 7 October 1903, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, her father, George Wesley Baity, was 34 and her mother, Sallie Bet Sprinkle, was 32. She married William Robinson Sparrow on 19 June 1929, in Harmony, Iredell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Eagle Mills, Iredell, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 January 2003, in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Gastonia, Gaston, North Carolina, United States.