Paj is the son of actress
Tina Cole
and Fillmore Crank, Jr. Maternal grandparents: musician Edwin Lamar
Buddy Cole (1916-1964) and
Yvonne King Burch (of
The King Sisters); and also producer
William N. Burch (1918-2005). His paternal grandparents are: Fillmore
Pajeau Crank, Sr. (1921-1999) and Barbara Helen Logan (1921-1957); and
also Beverly Lucy Fessenden Crank (aka actress
Beverly Garland). Paj has 3
siblings: older brother, Volney Erskine Howard IV
(
Volney Howard), and younger sisters,
Chelsea Yvonne Crank (
Chelsea Crank) and
Samantha Logan Crank.