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MISS ESTHER POWELL BECOMES BRIDE OFMKOUS W. WRIGHTMIsh Esther LaVerne Powell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A, Powell of this city, and Mlkous Willard Wright, sun of Mrs. Georgia Wlight of Bonifay, Fla., were we*3 at 4 o'clock Christmas afternoon, in an impressive ceremony at the Dawson Street AI thodist church. The Rev. A. Ja^on Shirah officiated at the double ring ceremony.The altar was beautifully decorated in pines, palms, andsouthern amilax, rurming a background for aisle baskets of whitegladioli!, and seven-branched can.lelabra, holding lighted white taper a, cast a soft glow over the nuptial scene.Miss Edith Dixon, organist, fayed a selection of pre-nuptial music preceding the ceremony, and McDowell a To A Wild Rose’’ during the ceremony. She accompanied Miss Eloise Stevens, soloist, who sang “At Dawning” and “Sweetest Story Ever Told”.Usher-groomsmen were Messers. Allen Powell, Jr., brother of the bride; and Jack McLean. Mr. Gus Atkinson of Tallahassee, Fla., was the groom's best man.Miss Mina Jo Powell, maid of honor, was her sister’s only attendant. She wore a lovely gown of dusty rose crepe and carried an arm bouquet of pale pink carnations.Little Miss Nancy McLean, flower girl, was dressed in a gown of ice blue saiiu, fashioned like that of the bride's. She carried white carnations.The attractive blonde bride,given in marriage by her father,was radiant in her wedding gown of ice blue satin, and a waist-lengih veil of sheerest illusion. The veil fell from a coronet of pule blue carnations and tuberoses. Her bridal bouquet waB blue carnations, showered withtuberoses.The bride’s only ornament was ail heirloom bracelet which was a gift of the groom s family.Following the ceremony, thebride’s parents entortaiued at a reception at the church. The receiving room was * attractively deem ated for the occasion.Mrs. Gus Atkinson kept the Bride’s Book. Mrs. A. A. Ellis pianist, and Miss Eloise Stevens, soloist, presented a musical program during the reception. Mrs.', Charles England, Mrs. J. J. McLean and Miss Elaine Roberts of Perry, Fla., assisted in receiving and serving the guests.A beautiful four-tiered wedding cake, surrounded with alba plena camellias, centered the bride’stable. Other decorative appointments on the table were bouquets vt blue and white carnations, white glads, interspersed with dainty ferns.After receiving their guests, the young »uple left on a wedding trip to New Orleans, La. After a week, they will reside in Thoin-tibville, where the groom is assistant manager of the Thomas-ville Motor Court.Attendind the weddmg from out-of-town were: Mr. and IVJrs. Gus Atkinson of Tallahassee, Fla.; Mrs. J. A. Roberts, grandmother of the bride and Miss Claire Roberts, aunt of the bride, from Gainesville, Fla; Mrs. Gene Lindsey of Bluffton, Ga., and Mrs. D. G. Williams of Gainesville, Fla.
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Thomasville Press
Thomasville, Georgia, US
Fri, Dec 31, 1948
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