hiː mˈæɹid fˈɪliz mˈɪlɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈaɪv, hˌuː hæd ɡɹˈoʊn ˌʌp ɪn ˈæbvɪl, luːˌiːzɪˈænə, ænd hɐdbɪn wˈʌn ʌvðə fˈɜːst wˈɪmɪn tə ɡɹˈædjuːˌeɪt fɹʌm tʃəlˈeɪn lˈɔː skˈuːl.
He married Phyllis Miller in 1965, who had grown up in Abbeville, Louisiana, and had been one of the first women to graduate from Tulane Law School.