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January Nuptials Highlight Social Season in 1961 Weddings
January brought four formal weddings and several engagements. Lavada Bachmeyer wed Charles Balke at St Joseph's Catholic, with St Mark's hosting two ceremonies for Diane Showers and Thomas Hutton and Ann Kelly and Robert Miller. Richard King and Barbara Bettell married at Heights Christian Church in Houston. Engagements include Nita Hallman to Carl McAfee with June 23 nuptials planned, Virginia McManus to Rev. Jesse Harris with April 8 Highlands Methodist wedding, and Gay LaNelle Wilson to Dr. James Jordan with February 4 Longview ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavada
Dorothy Bachmeyer
Charles Gordon Balke
St Joseph's Catholic Church
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Diane Showers
Thomas Wilburt Hutton
Ann Kelly
Robert James Miller
Richard Glenn King
Baytown
Barbara Ann Bettell
Houston
Heights Christian Church
Wathman, McAfee
Nita Gail Hallman
Lewis L. Hallman
Carolina
Carl Wayne McAfee
Carl E. McAfee
Darlene
Gay LaNelle Wilson
Richard Clair Wilson
Lester FL Ayars
Longview
James E. Jordan
Marshall