When Anna V. Rust was born on 3 November 1907, in Delaware, United States, her father, Alfred Lee Burton Rust, was 31 and her mother, Lovie J. Hickman, was 28. She married Ollie Jane Bowden on 4 September 1927, in Dagsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1935 and Representative District 6, Sussex, Delaware, United States in 1940. She died on 28 September 1992, in Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Millsboro, Sussex, Delaware, United States.