When Roger Fowler was born on 3 September 1909, in Fair Play, Oconee, South Carolina, United States, his father, Marion Hester Fowler, was 36 and his mother, Mary Alfa Lewallen, was 36. He married Addie Leona Cole on 9 May 1931, in Stephens, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Center, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States in 1910. He died on 18 April 1973, in Hartwell, Hart, Georgia, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Hart Memorial Park, Hartwell, Hart, Georgia, United States.