Willie Winfield was born on 24 August 1929 in Surry, Virginia, USA. He was married to Alice Battle. He died on 27 July 2021 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
Survived by his two daughters, Tina, Stephanie, three sons, Vincent, Timothy, and DeWayne, two sisters, Serita Alexander, and Goldie Bronson, two brothers, Clyde and Abraham, and forty-four grandchildren, and twenty-two great-grandchildren.