The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-06-17
FRIERSON-J0NES.
Marriage Last Evening of Two Popular
Young People.

Young People.
The First Methodist Church Wednes
day evening, beautifully decorated
with flowers and pot ed plants of rich
and luxuriant growth, and densely
crowded with the friends OF the
young couple who ratified the union
of hearts by the union of hands, was
the scene for the second time during
the day of brilliant nuptial rites and
ceremonies. Splendid preparations
had been made fOI the marriage OF
Mr.. Meade FriersOn and Miss Kate
Jones. The ceremony was very
beautiful, in mat it was very orig
inaI.
AT O'Clock, the hour fixed for
the ceremony, from the church or
gan, Miss Emma Hughes presiding,
pealed forth the grand wedding
march from "Tannhauser," and the
floral gates in the aisles were swung
open. The u-hers, Messrs. A. B.
Rains and DIR. Robert Pillow, f. ID.
Lander and w. NJ. Mayes, John
w. Frierson aud John f. Walker,
entered the aisles, marched TO the
chanceI aud formed the outer line
of a circle TO be completed by the
passing gracefully up the aisles; the
minister, Rev. r. NJ. Kennedy, hav-
ing taken his position in front of the
pulpit, formed the center of the half
circle.
The attendants came in in the fol-
lowing order, a couple entering each
aisle at given time: Mr.. q w. Kill
hebrew and Miss Mary Wilkes, Mr..
Fred Evans and Miss Linda Frierson ;
Mr.. Ed. Carpenter and Miss Annie
Grace Brown, Mr.. Eugene Anderson
and Miss Leila Barr; Mr.. r. l..
Mckinney and Miss Cora Petree,
of HOpkinsville, Ky; Mr.. Morgan
FriersOn and Miss Maggie Ingram !;
MIR. John T. WOoten and Miss Mag
gle Martin, of Midway, KY, Mr..
James Mayes, of Nashville, and Miss
Lutte Johnson, of Tuscumbia, Ala. /;
Mr.. r. @. Sparrow and Miss Louise
Hendley, Mr.. r. NJ. Williams and
Miss Minnie Holding.
The attending couples passed in
front of the minister and took positions
on the right and left, facing each
other, and forming a lovely picture.
The MendelssOhn wedding march was
played as the bride entered the left
aisle with her sister, Miss Lizzie
Jones, the maid of honor, and OPP
pOsite in the right aisle, the groom
and his best man, Mr.. +. :. Woodbridge,
of New York. At the chancel rail
the bride and groom met and stood
in front Of Rev. r NJ. Ken
uedy, who said a most beautiful and
impressive ceremony. He said the
heart was not human that. did not
love, and spoke of the happy and
favored life of the bride, the pleasant
surroundings of her home life, and
of all that she was surrendering to
link her life with the man of her
choice. The ceremony was concluded
with an il vocation of divine blessing
on the young couple, and the bride
and groom marched out of the church
by the left aisle, while the brides
maids sang Faithful and True the
bridal chorus from "LOhengrin.' The
maid of honor and the grOOm's best
man retired from the church by the
right aisle, followed by the attend
ants,
The bride wore white silk, trimmed
in lace, with pearls, and carried a
beautiful boquet of bridal roses. Miss
Lizzie Jones, the maid of honor, wore
pink creme de chene, and the brides
maids white mule with pink trim
mings and white wells, and each car
ried La France roses. During the
performance of the ceremony the
Italian band Of Nashville played
soft and sweet music, lending addi-
tiOnal charms to the beautiful
tableau.
The wedding was most brilliant
one and was Il social event that has
for some time been looked forward to
with a great deal of interest and
pleasure. After the ceremony the
bridal party was rendered an elegant
reception at the residence of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.
Jones, on the Mt. Pleasant pike. The
house and grounds were brilliantly
Illuminated and an elegant menu
was served by Gerding, of Nashville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frierson left this morn
ing to visit Mrs. H. L. Martin, at Mid
way, KY. The bride has been known
as one of the most cultured, refined
and popular young ladies of Maury
County; the groom is one Of the
leading business men in Columbia,
being a partner in the firm of Mayes,
Walker 4 Frierson; he has also been
a leading figure in the social world,
and the popularity of the handsome
and happy couple was well attested
by the many costly and beautiful
presents they received.