| − | Godwin was born in the unusually named town of Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now a neighborhood of Suffolk, Virginia, the son of Mills Godwin, Sr. (1882–1946), and the former Otelia Margaret Darden (1884–1945).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QthMAAAAMAAJ&q=Mills+Edwin+Godwin+1914|title=Godwin|author=Jamie Ault Grady|date=1981}}</ref> He was educated at [[Old Dominion University]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] and the [[University of Virginia]] Law School in Charlottesville, from which he received a Bachelor of Laws degree.<ref>Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (nndb.com), accessed October 12, 2021.</ref> | + | Godwin was born in the unusually named town of Chuckatuck in Nansemond County, now a neighborhood of Suffolk, Virginia, the son of Mills Godwin, Sr. (1882–1946), and the former Otelia Margaret Darden (1884–1945).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QthMAAAAMAAJ&q=Mills+Edwin+Godwin+1914|title=Godwin|author=Jamie Ault Grady|date=1981}}</ref> He was educated at [[Old Dominion University]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]] and the [[University of Virginia]] Law School in Charlottesville, from which he received a Bachelor of Laws degree.<ref>[https://www.nndb.com/people/944/000122578/ Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (nndb.com)], accessed October 12, 2021.</ref> |
| | Early in his career, Godwin was a special agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].<ref name=findagrave/> | | Early in his career, Godwin was a special agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]].<ref name=findagrave/> |