Personal Life
Deeds was born on January 4, 1958 in Richmond, Virginia and was named after confederate war hero, David Creigh. His family moved early in his life to Bath County. After graduating from high school, Deeds enrolled in Concord College. He then entered the Wake Forest University School of Law, from which he received his Juris Doctor in 1984.
A Washington Post article published April 12, 2010 revealed that Deeds and his wife Pam had divorced as of February 4, (as the Washington Post described) "a casualty of a nearly 20-year pursuit of a lifelong ambition that kept him away from home".
Deeds married Siobhan Gilbride Lomax of Lexington, Virginia, on June 19, 2012.
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