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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
In 1940, Godwin married the former Katherine Thomas Beale (1917-2015) of Holland in Nansemond County. The couple adopted a child, Rebecca Katherine "Becky" Godwin, who was killed by a streak of lightning at the age of fourteen in August 1968 while vacationing with her mother at [[Virginia Beach]].<ref>Rebecca Katherine “Becky” Godwin (1953-1968) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed October 12, 2021.</ref> Governor Godwin at the time was attending the Democratic National Convention in [[Chicago]], which nominated [[Hubert Humphrey]] to challenge Richard Nixon and [[George Wallace]].<ref>Phyllis Speidel, '''I'm so tickled I'm here,' says 91-year-old former first lady of Virginia," ''The Virginian Pilot,'' January 26, 2008.</ref>
In 1940, Godwin married the former Katherine Thomas Beale (1917-2015) of Holland in Nansemond County. The couple adopted a child, Rebecca Katherine "Becky" Godwin, who was killed by a streak of lightning at the age of fourteen in August 1968 while vacationing with her mother at [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]].<ref>Rebecca Katherine “Becky” Godwin (1953-1968) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed October 12, 2021.</ref> Governor Godwin at the time was attending the Democratic National Convention in [[Chicago]], which nominated [[Hubert Humphrey]] to challenge Richard Nixon and [[George Wallace]].<ref>Phyllis Speidel, '''I'm so tickled I'm here,' says 91-year-old former first lady of Virginia," ''The Virginian Pilot,'' January 26, 2008.</ref>
The family resided in Godwin's hometown of Chuckatuck, now part of Suffolk, Virginia. Godwin died at the age of [[pneumonia]] at the age of eighty-four. He and his wife and daughter are interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suffolk.
The family resided in Godwin's hometown of Chuckatuck, now part of Suffolk, Virginia. Godwin died at the age of [[pneumonia]] at the age of eighty-four. He and his wife and daughter are interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Suffolk.