When William Allen Collins was born on 30 April 1930, in Mount Airy Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States, his father, Noah Washington Collins, was 41 and his mother, Pearlie Mae Hiatt, was 34. He married Margaret Louise Johnson on 6 February 1961, in Surry, North Carolina, United States. He lived in Surry, North Carolina, United States for about 5 years and Dobson Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 4 January 1999, in Pilot Mountain, Surry, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Pilot Mountain, Surry, North Carolina, United States.