When Cecil Herbert Hester was born on 2 December 1902, in Barry, Navarro, Texas, United States, his father, George Washington Hester, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ada Powell, was 37. He married Myrtle Velma Parmer on 16 June 1926, in San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, United States. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Runnels, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 December 1971, at the age of 69.