On 4 August 1938, at Church View, Middlesex County, in a Baptist ceremony, Richard Wilbur Atikins was married to Virginia Mae Stevens. (The marriage license was issued in Essex County, Virginia.) He was 21; white; single; born in Essex County, Virginia; father Wilbert Otis Atkins; mother Bertha Estelle Shearwood; resident of Dunnsville, Virginia. She was 20; white; single; maiden name Virginia Mae Stevens; born in Essex County, Virginia; father Zill Stevens; mother Lucy Williams; resident of Center Cross, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 18656.]