When Betty Lou Hileman was born on 19 October 1935, in Logan, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Edward Hileman, was 63 and her mother, Mae Burton Hileman, was 32. She lived in Chapmansville District, Logan, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Branchland, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States in 2005. She died on 19 March 2008, in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 72.