On 4 September 1954 in Newport News, Virginia, Reed Sample Black married Eva Kathryn Culliton in a Baptist ceremony. He was 35; white; single; not previously married; occupation mechanic for the U.S. Civil Service; born in Warwick, Virginia; father was William James Black; mother was Elizabeth Ellen Cunngham [sic]; resident of 2284 Warwick Road, Warwick, Virginia. She was 34; white; divorced; once previously married; unemployed; born in Essex County, Virginia; father was Phillip Cole Brizendine; mother was Eva St. Clare Harmon; resident of 3317 Marshall Avenue, Newport News, Virginia. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Marriage 24637.]