When Grady Chauncey Beacham was born on 13 November 1930, in Washington Township, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Thomas Beacham, was 32 and his mother, Ima L Chauncey, was 26. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Lois Lillian Foy. He lived in Chocowinity, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States in 1950 and Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1968. He died on 17 August 2003, in Dundalk, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 72.