The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1896-05-30
FROM TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY,
Marriages Of Popular Young People.
Murphy-Webb.

At the residence OF the brides step
mother. Mrs. Maggie p. Webb, at
Webb, Miss, on Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock, May 10Th, 1896, Mr.. SMITH
MURPHY and MISS BETTE EVANS
WEBB, both of Tallahatchie county. bv
the Rev. DR.. F. P. Davenport, OF Mem
phis, Tenn.
The above was the social event of
the season, and surpassed in grandeur
all previous occasions ever attempted
in this section. 1t was the wedding Of
two young hearts that it is to be hoped
will only be more firmly united as the
years roll on. Relatives and friends
from near and far gathered at the lit
tie town to witness the happy material
ization that made Mr.. Smith Murphy
and Miss Bette Evans Webb husband
and wife. The event was impressively
solemnized by Or. F. p. Davenport, Of
Memphis, Tenn, a minister of promi-
nence and ability, and was performed
according to the beautiful ceremony of
the Episcopu! church. The full capac.
ity OF the Presbyterian church was
tested, many not being able to get in,
and which was artistically decorated
for the affair. 1t was just nine o'clock
when the eagerness OF a packed house
was relieved by the announcement of
the arrival of the couple and attend
ants, and to the solemn tune of the
wedding march they proceeded up the
aisle to the altar. where they were
soon united in holy wedlock. Miss
Willie Webb, the beautiful! sister of
the bride, was the maid Of honor. The
male attendants were in full dress,
while the bridesmaids seemed to look
like they had been simply created for
his especial occasion, and which was
by far the most brilliant scene ever
witnessed in this section. immediately
after the services at the church mag
nificent reception was rendered at the
palatial home of the BRIDES parents.
Here, like many others, the SENTINEL
correspondent found his way to the
festive board, ard where our noblest
work began. 1t was sumptuous re-
past, and it was one o'clock before the
feast was over. The Webb domain,
located on the placid waters of the
Classify, shone Tuesday night as it has
never shone before, not by the rays
from the brilliant lamps alone, but BY
the effulgence OF youth and beauty. old
and sedate, that had been invited there
to do homage to this reception OF splen-
dor. The gifts presented the new
made couple by friends as mementoes
Of their friendship were numerous and
costly. The house was handsomely
decorated with ferns ard iiowers-the
very essence OF loveliness, and greatly
reminded one Of the fairy lands. After
the reception at the house the young
gentlemen and Indies repaired to the
hotel, where Memphis string band
was in attendance, and soon the trip
ping of the light fantastic was COM
menced, that did not cease until day.
light. Thus the night was passed.
The nimble Muse was the Deity of the
occasion, and under her auspices the
merry hours glided swiftly by, leaving
to Terpsichoreans bright memories
and pleasant recollections. Miss Dolly,
as she is familiarly known, is daugh-
ter Of the late lamented Judge J. l..
Webb, was born and raised in this
section. and is highly esteemed by all
acquaintances, and she is imbued with
every characteristic to make q happy
home. She is pretty, ACCOMPLISHED,
with an elegant disposition, and with
such traits she is bound to make royal
wife. Mr.. Murphy, the lucky groom,
is Tallahatchie county born boy, and
is one of the best in this part Of the
moral vineyard. He is we'll connected.
we'll known for his thrift and enter
prise, and for several years has been
stemming the tide that to-day he has
accomplished. No young couple that