He was born and reared in Chester County, the son of the late Frank and Exie Griffin Latham. He entered the U.S. Army in 1953. After the service he worked at General Motors Company in IL and retried after 33 years. He moved back to Chester County to the Mifflin Community. He was a Baptist in belief.
He is survived by five sisters, Nadine Plunk of Henderson, Jo Ann Williams (Wayne) of Jackson, Dorothy Gaddy (Quay) of Bethel Springs, Yvonne Jones (Donald) of Henderson and Joyce Fowler (Robert) of Beech Bluff; and two brothers, Billy Frank Latham (Jean) of Beech Bluff and Jerry Latham of Milan,TN.