| Father | Eli Lenvil MCDOWELL (1880 - 1936) |
| Mother | Martha Trythenia PIERCE (1887 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Ira Lewis MCDOWELL (1905 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Bernice MCDOWELL (1907 - 1971) |
| Sibling | Exie MCDOWELL (1909 - 1992) |
| Sibling | Dallas Lafeyette "Slim" MCDOWELL (1912 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Rev George Milby MCDOWELL (1914 - 2006) |
| Sibling | John Alvin MCDOWELL (1917 - 2013) |
| Sibling | Pearl Lonnie MCDOWELL (1920 - 1980) |
| Sibling | Vida Catherine MCDOWELL (1923 - 2014) |
| Sibling | Martha Imogene MCDOWELL (1928 - 2014) |
| Sibling | Lois Green MCDOWELL (1932 - 2003) |