On 6 February 1939, Alvin Roy Crowe married Mary Ruth Carter in Bowling Green, Virginia (license issued 6 February 1939). He was 22, single, born in King and Queen County, Virginia, son of Edward Crowe and Bertha Coleman. She was 24, single, born in Essex County, living in Upright, Essex County, Virginia, daughter of Zack Carter and Lou Williams. Ceremony by L. M. Ritter, Baptist minister. [Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Register 3, page 179.]