Samuel Coleman was born in Durant, Mississippi, in 1928. His family moved to Chicago. He worked at different jobs until he started working for Burlington Railroad as a cook. Samuel was drafted by the Army in 1951 and sent to Korea. After the war, he went back to work for Burlington Railroad as a waiter. Samuel retired from the railroad in the 1970s and worked in real estate, as the owner of a liquor store, a firefighter, a restaurant inspector, and as a deacon for his church. One of his daughters moved to Las Vegas, and he joined her in 1999.

Sherrill Coleman was born in Newton, Kansas, in 1941. She worked as a housekeeper for a number of years. Sherrill and her first husband moved to Los Angeles County in 1964 where she took a temporary job in the elections department of the local government. In 1967 she became a file clerk for Los Angeles County's Department of Public Social Services. By the time Sherrill left the department, she was middle management in the auditing department. She moved to Las Vegas in 1993 and married Samuel Coleman in April 1999.

Nancy Craft (née Pracejus) was born on August 30, 1937 in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. Her father's health caused her family to move to Las Vegas, Nevada on July 26, 1946. She attended John S. Park Elementary School and Las Vegas High School. In 1953, Nancy successfully auditioned for the Rhythmettes and performed with the dance troupe until she graduated in 1955. After high school, she married her first husband and worked in a number of different offices.

Neil Brundy was born in Caliente, Nevada.

Ralph Daly (born in Texas on January 17, 1903) lived in Nevada for 26 years. Ralph worked in Oil Fields and a worker for the constuction of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam

Eddie Ernest Buxton was born June 28, 1938 in Las Vegas, Nevada. His relatives were the May Brothers, including Ernest May, who was the first law enforcement officer to be killed on the job in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was an officer for Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD).

Chris Bianchi comes from Peru, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in hotel administration with a concentration in casino management and received his master's in hospitality administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2015. Chris did an internship at the Barbary Coast Hotel & Casino in 2002 as a dealer and was transferred to the South Point Casino and Spa as a pit manager in 2005.