Clyde Hedges was raised in Evansville, Indiana. While stationed at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, he met his wife Marion. Upon completion of his tour of duty, Clyde enrolled and graduated from Fitchburg State Teachers College. He and his wife taught for 23 years in the Clark County School. Clyde and Marion now reside in Reno, Nevada near their daughter Kelly and grandson, Carrick, and son-in-law, John. Their eldest daughter, Stacy, teaches high school biology in Boston, Massachusetts.