Robert Henry Davis married Ruth Edna Brizendine on 27 February 1946 in Henrico County, Virginia. He was 25, single, born in Essex County, living in Brays, an electrician. She was 20, single, born in Essex County, living in Dunnsville. The parents were Henry Robert Davis and Ida F. Stevens, and Wayland Ryland Brizendine and Nellie Boughan. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 3, page 12.]

On 16 June 1987, Ruth Edna Brizendine Davis died at Chippenham Hospital, 7101 Jahnke Road, Richmond, Virginia. She was white; 60; born 13 October 1926; a resident of Route 360, Tappahannock, Essex County, Virginia; father was Wayland Ryland Brizendine; mother was Fannie Ellen Baughan; citizen of U.S.A.; born in Virginia; widowed; husband was Robert Henry Davis; occupation sales clerk for fabric shop; informant was Charlotte (Faye) Davis; cause of death adeno carcinoma, breast, duration 2-1/2 years; burial at Howertons Baptist Church Cemetery, Essex County, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 87-022173.]