On 16 August 1940, a marraige license was issued in Essex County, Virginia, for Carl Patterson Craig and Kathleen Howerton Brooks. He was 22; white; single; occupation efficiency engineer; born in Waynesboro, Virginia; father S. A. Craig; mother Grace William; residence in Altavista, Virginia. She was 22; white; single; maiden name Kathleen Howerton Brooks; born in Essex County; father J. I. Brooks; mother Marian Boughan; residence in Millers Tavern, Virginia. Date of proposed marriage 5 September 1940 in Richmond, Virginia. Certificate states that marriage was conducted on 22 August 1940 in Richmond, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 41111.]

On 22 August 1940, Carl Patterson Craig married Kathleen Howerton Brooks in Richmond, Virginia (license issued on 16 August 1940). He was 22, single, born in Waynesboro, Virginia, living in Altavista, Virginia, son of S. A. Craig and Grace Williams, occupation efficiency engineer. She was 22, single, born in Essex County, living in Millers Tavern, daughter of J. I. Brooks and Marian Boughan. Ceremony by S. N. Thompson, Presbyterian minister. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 3, page 223.]

Name, birth date, marriage data, death date, burial data from William Irving Brooks, letter of 29 March 1993 to Thomas Moore.