James Eldred Cheshier Jr of Harris County, TX was born on August 18, 1945 at Jefferson Hospital in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas United States to James Eldred Cheshier, Sr. and Bettye Jo Brawley. James Cheshier had siblings Carl Franklin Cheshier and Bettye Jane Evans. He married Reyna (Fuentez) Cheshier on March 15, 1974 in Harris County, TX. He married Reyna Fuentes Cheshier in Houston, Harris County, Texas, and they were married until James' death on May 11, 2015. They had a child Jimmy Cheshier Cheshier III.