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Noon ceremony unites VanGorden, Melton pairFirst Presbyterian Church in Concord was the setting Saturday for the noon wedding of Valerie Kay VanGorden and Duane Everette Melton. Rev. Mary Boyd Click and Dr. E. Eugene Hunsinger performed the ceremony.The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duane VanGorden of Concord, and the bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Everette Melton, also of Concord.Mrs. Anita Bultmann Tritt was organist, and Keith Grayson Troxler Jr. was soloist, accompanied on guitar by David Gregory Cox. In addition, Mrs. Kay Henderson VanGorden and Miss Karen Ann Henderson presented vocal selections.Miss Martha Kate Beckum and Miss Mary Kent Hillman distributed bulletins, and Miss Sheryl Kaye Mc-Clamrock kept the guest register.The bride was escorted to the altar by her father. She wore a gown of white silk organza designed with a sweetheart neckline and short puff sleeves. The bodice was adorned with venise lace, seed pearls and sequins. Her chapel train was trimmed with crystal pleated organza and lace. Her venise lace and illusion chapel-length veil was finished with scalloped pencil edging and small venise lace appliques. She carried a colonial cascade of white roses, stephanotis and dendrobium orchids entwined with English ivy and leatherleaf fern.Miss Tricia Ann VanGorden of Concord attended her sister as maid of honor. She wore a rose summer satin gown with a long, full skirt, an embroidered eyelet bodice and short puff sleeves. She carried a colonial cascade of rubrum lilies, white dendrobium orchids and deep pink sweetheart roses, entwined with English ivy and leatherleaf fern.Bridesmaids were Mrs. Kay Henderson VanGorden of Winter-ville, the bride’s sister-in-law; Mrs. Tammy Handt Gierhart of Indianapolis, Ind., the bride’s cousin; Mrs. Patricia Neal Amette and Mrs. Karen Powers Troxler, both of Kannapolis; Mrs. Joy Floyd Cox of Raleigh; and Mrs. Jennifer McEachem Ritchie of Myrtle Beach, S.C.The bridesmaids wore dresses identical to that of the maid of honor. Each bridesmaid carried flowers matching the maid of honor’s, placed on Bibles.Honorary bridesmaid was Miss Janet Elizabeth Niblock.The bridegroom chose his father as best man. Ushers were George Brent Melton of Concord, the bridegroom’s brother; Robert Duane VanGorden II of Winterville, the bride’s brother; Randy Doyle Milam of Kannapolis, cousin of the bridegroom; Phillip Nelson Harris of Concord; Keith Grayson Troxler Jr. of Kannapolis; and Donald Ray Smith of Greenville.Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the church fellowship house. Assisting in serving were Miss Amy Furr, Miss Beth Carroll, Mrs. Quincy Ruth, Mrs. Kelly Hudson, Miss Lara Nance, Mrs. Lynn Tesh and Miss Allison Wagoner.The after-rehearsal party was given by the bridegroom’s parents at Lake Lynn Lodge.The bride, a 1978 graduate of Concord High School, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with bachelor of arts degrees in journalism and psychology. She is employed as a media specialist at SD Coffee Inc.The bridegroom, a 1978 graduate of Concord High School, graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor of science degree in
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Kannapolis Daily Independent
Kannapolis, North Carolina, US
Sun, Aug 03, 1986
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