On 20 December 1947 in Richmond, Virginia [apparently Richmond City], Arthur B. Hillis, Jr., married Ernestine Brizendine in an Episcopal ceremony. He was 28; white; single; occupation U.S. Army; born in Kansas City, Missouri; father was Arthur B. Hillis; mother was Daisy Ayars; resident of Des Moines, Iowa. She was 32; white; single; occupation bookkeeper; born in Center Cross, Virginia; father was Phillip C. Brizendine; mother was Eva Harmon; resident of Richmond, Virginia. [Commonweath of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 37712.]

On 30 November 1961, Irene Ernestine Hillis died at Medical College of Virginia, 1200 E. Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. She was female; 46; white; resident of 2907 Ellwood Avenue, Richmond, Virginia; father was Phillip C. Brizendine; mother was Eva Harmon; citizen of U.S.A.; married; husband was Arthur Bennett Hillis Jr.; born in Essex County, Virginia on 3 April 1915; occupation bookkeeper for the State of Virginia; informant was Arthur B. Hillis, Jr.; cause of death carcinoma of breast, duration 4 years; autopsy performed; attended by physician from 29 November 1961 to 30 November 1961; death occurred at 10:15 p.m.; burial at Riverview, Richmond, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 28588.]