Arthur was born on 23 July 1925 in
Sessums,, Oktibbeha county,, Mississippi. He was the son of
Arthur Lee Savage and
Eula Earnestine Land. Arthur died on 14 July 1992 in
Biloxi, Mississippi, at age 66. Dale died at the Veteran's Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, from complications of diabetes. He had also had heart bypass surgery 3 or 4 years before at the Veteran's hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.. His body was interred in
rural Escambia county,, Alabama, in Beulah cemetery. Beulah cemetery is located on County Road 25 in Escambia county, Alabama..
Arthur Dale Savage was Southern Baptist. Dale was a U.S.Army infantry veteran, having participated in the WWII invasion of North Africa and Italy. Dale married three times but had no children.