Was born Allie Oscar Brown in Crockett County, Texas, but used the name as Oscar Allie Brown. Born in 1919 while his parents, Clifford Isaac Brown and Mary Helen Armentrout Brown were living with Mary Helen's parents in Crockett, County, Texas. Mary Helen married more than once during hard times after Clifford's death, and died with the last married name Looney. She and Clifford has two children, Allie Oscar and Mary Lee.