Quenelle Harrold (1903-1999) was born to Thomas Harrold (1867-1942) and Anne Frances Long (1871-1963). Thomas Harrold as a member of Harrold Brother's firm in Americus, Georgia, which operated as a mercantile business in several industries. In 1932, Quenelle married Frank Sheffield (1899-1994). Quenelle Harrold graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, and earned her Master of Arts in European history from Columbia University. After moving to Atlanta, she worked as a copywriter in advertising for Rich’s Department Store. Later, she attended Emory University graduate school, received her teaching certificate, and taught social studies at Murphy High School. Frank Sheffield studied at the the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Tobias Matthay Pianoforte School in London and later became a banker and a private pilot. The couple had one daughter, Anne Sheffield, who attended Sweet Briar College, a liberal arts college for women in Sweet Briar, Virginia, and graduated cum laude in 1954 with a Bachelor of Arts in history. In 1959, Anne Sheffield married William “Bradley” Hale (1933-2011) and the couple had two children: Frank Sheffield Hale (1960- ) and Ellen Bradey Hale (1963- ).

William “Bradley” Hale was born to Kathleen Bradley (1899-1984) and Ernest Everett Hale (1898-1984) in Mobile, Alabama. He joined King & Spalding in 1960 as a corporate attorney and managing partner and remained there for 31 years. In addition, he served as board chairman of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and a founding chairman of the advisory board of the Georgia Historical Society. He was also a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation the board chairman of the Atlanta Historical Society. He also was a founder of the Southern Federal Tax Institute and the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society. Anne Sheffield also supported and served on the board of various civic and intellectual endeavors, such as the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, and the National Cathedral Association. She and Bradley Hale were both members of All Saints’ Episcopal Church.

Frank "Sheffield" Hale (1960- ) was born to Anne Elizabeth Sheffield (1933-2010) and William “Bradley” Hale (1933-2011). Sheffield Hale received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Georgia summa cum laude in 1982 and received his Juris Doctor in 1985 from the University of Virginia School of Law. In 1988 he married Elizabeth Warfield Medlin (1959- ) of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In addition, Hale served as Chief Counsel of the American Cancer Society, Inc. and was an associate partner at the firm Kilpatrick and Stockton LLP (later Kilpatrick Townsend), where he practiced corporate law. Hale is an emeritus trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; and the Fox Theatre, Inc.; and has served on the Board of Directors of the Buckhead Coalition; Midtown Alliance; Central Atlanta Progress; and the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau. He also served as board chair of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation; the Atlanta History Center; St. Jude’s Recovery Center, Inc.; and the State of Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Commission. Hale began serving as President and CEO of the Atlanta History Center in 2012 and is a member of the American Law Institute. He was a recipient of the 2001 Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service and the 2021 Georgia Governor's Awards for Arts & Humanities.