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Carruth was one of five children of William Carruth, Sr. (1892-1974), a merchant, and the former Beulah Ella Banks (1898-1975).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53880130|ritle=William A. Carruth, Sr.|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|date=July 13, 2018}}<./ref>His older brother, Wallace E. Carruth, Sr. (1923-2017), was a clergyman in Tuscaloosa County, [[Alabama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Carruth&GSfn=Wallace&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=178005083&df=all&|title=Rev. Wallace E. Carruth, Sr.|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> His younger brother, Charles H. Carruth (1933-2003), <ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53880380|title=Charles H. Carruth|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> was a former builder who was named in 1972 as the Alexandria fire chief.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/214830209/|title=He's a Gospel-Singing, House-Building Fireman|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=July 30, 1972|page=7|author=Jerry Humphries|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> Carruth was thrice married, first to the former Annie Merle Barker, later Annie Juneau (1930-1978);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Juneau&GSfn=Annie&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=98856565&df=all&|title=Annie Merle Barker Juneau|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> then Dolores Hart Wagnon Carruth (1930-2000),<ref name=dolores>{{cite web|url=https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Carruth&GSfn=Dolores&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=38&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=16438380&df=all&|title=Dolores Hart Carruth|publisher=Old.findagrave.com|accessdate=July 13, 2018}}</ref> and Susan Elizabeth Irwin Carruth his surviving widow born on May 6, 1949, whom he wed c. 1991.<ref name=obit/>