On 3 September 1927, Winston Watts Burks married Anna Waring Haile in Essex County, Virginia (license issued on 2 September 1927). He was 25, single, born in Bedford County, Virginia, living in Bedford City, Virginia, son of Harry G. Burks and Elizabeth Watts, occupation banker. She was 24, single, born in Hinton, West Virginia, living in Minor, Virginia, daughter of Robert G. Haile and Emma Hoskins. Ceremony by J. T. Hospkins and H. S. Osburn, Baptist and Episcopal ministers. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 2, page 211.]