In 1978, he married Michelle Rubio; the couple were married for thirty-seven years until his death in 2015. He had four children: Dustin, Kristin, Teil and Cody Runnels. He had five grandchildren; Dakota, the daughter of Dustin and his ex-wife, Terri Boatright, Dalton and Dylan, children of Kristin and _her_ husband Don Ditto, and Kellan and Maris, children of Teil and her husband Kevin Gergel. <sep>, Pronoun: her <sep>, A: Terri Boatright <sep>, B: Kristin