Berkley Green Adkins Sr
- Born: 19 Aug 1911, Danville City, Virginia
- Marriage: Muriel Rebecca Reaves on 1 May 1937 in Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
- Died: 29 Jun 1997, Ringgold, Pittsylvania Co., VA at age 85
- Buried: Green Hill Cemetery, 700 Block Lee St., Danville, VA.
 General Notes:
In 1940 Berkley and Merle are living with Berkley's parents, William & Loula Adkins ... see general notes on William T. Adkins for 1940 census facts.
The SSDI records:
Name: Berkley G. Adkins
SSN: 709-09-5302
Last Residence: 24586 Ringgold, Pittsylvania, Virginia
Born: 19 Aug 1911
Died: 29 Jun 1997
State (Year) SSN issued: Railroad Board (Issued Through) (Before 1951)
V.M.I. Archives On Line Rosters Database
Berkley Green Adkins
VMI Class of 1934
Matriculated: September 8, 1930
Graduated: June 13, 1934
Standing: 28 in a class of 37
Research Notes:
The Bomb, 1934 Yearbook for V. M. I., page 99
Berkley Green Adkins Danville, Virginia Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Cavalry
THE Adkins boys must like V. M. I. There have been Five of them, one after another, and now it's Berkley. Contrary to barracks reasoning, such a line of keydets in the family didn't discourage him one iota. The spectacle of brass buttons on the coatee of brother number one \emdash or was it number two? \emdash proved his downfall, for before he was old enough to know better, he was no longer a carefree youth, but one of a struggling mass saluting statues and sirring old cadets. By virtue of the high-ranking initial of his last name, he became a section marcher his first year. Such a job kindled the flame of military ambition within him, but to no avail. His sleeves have never been sullied by plutocratic stripes. Although indifferent to the nth degree and a first class private supreme, he has a way with him which, having survived the acid test of life at the Institute, will probably take him far.
A. I. E. E. (2, 1); Piedmont Club (4, 3, 2, 1); Wesley Club (3, 2, 1), Radio Club (4).
Noted events in his life were:
? Education: George Washington HS 1929 / Virginia Military Institue 1933.
? Occupation: Superintendent of Lights and Power in Danville, VA.
Berkley married Muriel Rebecca Reaves, daughter of George Murrell Reaves and Marie Rebecca "Rhee" Kinard, on 1 May 1937 in Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina. (Muriel Rebecca Reaves was born on 31 Oct 1913 in Rhine, Georgia, died on 30 Nov 1990 in Danville, VA and was buried in Green Hill Cemetery, 700 Block Lee St., Danville, VA..)
Marriage Notes:
North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011
Name: Berkley Green Adkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1912
Marriage Date: 13 May 1937
Marriage Place: Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Father: W T Adkins
Mother: Lula Adkins
Spouse: Muriel Rebecca Reeves
Spouse Gender: Female
Spouse Race: White
Spouse Age: 23
Spouse Father: Geo M Reeves
Spouse Mother: Marie Reeves
Event Type: Marriage
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