When Ruby Charlene Avicola was born on 23 May 1945, in Highland, Madison, Illinois, United States, her father, Charles Celeste Avicola, was 49 and her mother, Fern Rowena Houts, was 39. She married Ronald Lee Milton Sr. on 5 August 1960, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Biloxi, Harrison, Mississippi, United States in 2009. She died on 1 March 2009, in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Pascagoula, Jackson, Mississippi, United States.