When Furman Haskell Fullingim was born on 14 March 1908, in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States, his father, John Wade Fullingim, was 20 and his mother, Myrtle Alice Lowe, was 18. He married Irma Stella Frickel on 26 November 1939, in Ponca City, Kay, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Myrick Township, Johnston, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Van Township, Major, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 November 1974, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States.