Edith Carolyn Cullens

  General Notes:

The 1940 Federal Census for Washington, Norfolk, VA, District 65-15, page 296, dated May 3, 1940 records Edith Cullins (17) with her parents Edward L. (59 - NC) and Lena (48 - VA) Cullins Norfolk Highland RFD #4. Edward owns his home valued at $1,800 and is employed as a carpenter in the Ship Yard.

From a January 12, 2014 email:
Mr. Hagen,
I have family history on Edith Carolyn Cullens and the Cullen/Cullins family from Gates County, N.C. My grandfather on my mother's side is John William Cullins. If you want I will share the family history with you. Edith was married to Harry Gordon Doughtie Sr.
Regards,
John Lodge

Parents:
William Percy Cullins Sr.
Birth 1888 • North Carolina - Death June 21, 1962 • Norfolk, Virginia
Clara Augusta Dodge
Birth May 24, 1889 • Michigan - Death February 23, 1933 • Berkley, Norfolk, Virginia
Nannie Elizabeth Wommack
Birth February 3, 1892 • Virginia - Death August 13, 1973 • Norfolk City, Virginia,

Holland Cemetery located on Highway 58 Bypass, just west of Holland, VA (in now Suffolk, VA) - Records copied by Bruce Saunders and Pat Holland.
EDITH CULLEN DOUGHTIE 1923 - 1977
W/O HARRY GORDAN DOUGHTIE SR.
Edith is buried in the Doughtie Family Plot next to her in-laws, Luther C. and Lucy Ann Winborne Doughtie.

Actual birth and death dates come from SSDI records:
Edith Doughtie
SSN: 229-18-7167
Last Residence: 06410 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut
Born: 27 Apr 1923
Last Benefit: 06410 Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut
Died: Feb 1977
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951)

  Research Notes:

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: William Percy Cullins Sr
Residence: 912 B Street, South Norfolk, VA
Occupation: Millwright at Lumber Mill
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age at Death: 72
Birth Date: 31 May 1890 in North Carolina
Death Date: 21 Jun 1962 in Norfolk, VA
Death Place: South Norfolk, Virginia
Burial: Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, VA
Registration Date: 27 Jun 1962
Father: Amos Cullins
Mother: Tetmus Whitley
Spouse: Nannie Elizabeth Cullins
Informant: Mr. Robert E. Cullins

Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014
Name: Mrs Nannie Elizabeth Wommack White Cullins
Residence: 5216 Riverwood Road, Norfolk, VA
Occupation: Retired Time Keeper at Finklesteins Knitting Mill
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age at Death: 81
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1892
Death Date: 13 Aug 1973
Death Place: Norfolk, Virginia
Burial: Riverside Memorial Park, Norfolk, VA
Registration Date: 17 Aug 1973
Father: James Norfleet Wommack
Mother: Amanda Mccoy
Spouse: William Percy Cullins Sr
Informant: Miss Glenda Bates (grandaughter)

Edith married Harry Gordon Doughtie Sr., son of Luther Carroll Doughtie Sr. and Lucy Ann Winborne, circa 1942. (Harry Gordon Doughtie Sr. was born on 3 Oct 1921 in Jerusalem, Southampton County, Va, died on 27 Dec 2007 in Richmond, VA and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Richmond, VA.)