Deborah Kay Hamby is the daughter of Kathryn Ann Kiser and James Aubrey Hamby. She was born in 1965 in England.

In 1991, at age 26, she married Jerry Glen Russell, who was age 34, in Texas. He is the son of Leo Thomas Russell and Gwendolynn Marie Glover. He was born in 1957 in Texas. The marriage ended in divorce in 1999 in Texas.

Children of Deborah Kay Hamby and Jerry Glen Russell:

1. Patricia Marie Russell was born in 1990 in Texas.
2. Cheyenne Glynn Russell was born in 1993 in Texas.