Cloyd was born on August 15th, 1906. Cloyd's father was Willard Booth and his mother was Mary Ann Billington. His paternal grandparents were John Booth and Elizabeth Howarth. He had two brothers and a sister, named Willard, Melvon and Veola. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 74 on January 15th, 1981.