The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-04-28
ORANGE BLOSSOMS IN SAILS
BURY.
Miss Margie Overman Married to Mr.
Edwin Clark Gregory-A Beautiful
Wedding

/ Wedding.
! Especial to the Charlotte Observer
Salisbury. \. c., April 27.-The mar
rage of Miss Margie Overman to Mr..
Edwin Clarke Gregory in the Methodist
church this evening. was an event winch
/ has been looked forward to for some
! time by Saisburians and by people
throughout the State who are acquainted
, with the young couple or their families,
4 large number of out-of-town guests
were present No cards had been issued
in Salisbury, but a general invitation
to attend had been extended to friends.
| The church was beautifully decorated
with smilaX, palms. potted plants Of
! various kinds. Easter lilies, white car
nations and white lilies. Hundreds of
candles illuminated the chancel. AT
! each end of the seats reserved for rrla
| tives and friends were wreath of Smi-
! lax and a bunch Of white lilacs tied
with bows of white satin ribbon. Al
| 7:30 the bridal party to the notes IF the
wedding march. played by Miss Bessie
Hrider. entered the church from the
vestibule at the sides. The maid of
honor was Miss Julia Gregory, If Hail
| fax: the best man, Mr.. Stuart Hall Hill,
| of Halifax. The bridesmaids were Miss
| Jessie Gregory. of Halifax. and Miss
Jennie Mitchell Rankin. OF Salisbury.
First bridesmaids: Misses Emily Glib
son. of Concord: Mattye Pace of Raj
| eigh: Mena Brem. of Charlotte; Nellie
| Tate. of Charlotte, and Jennie Brown
and Annie Neaye, of Salisbury. The
groomsmen were Messrs. j. $. Carr, jr..
y " Of
| Washington: Frank o. Rogers, of Con-
cord George J. Stephens, of Charlotte;
Samuel May. of Chapel Hill; Il. V. pat7
terson. of Winston: Richard S. Neal, Of
Newbern. and Warren l.. Kluttz, Jr., of
Salisbury. Messrs. Sterling GARY. of
Halifax: Sydney Z. Cooper. of Hondcr-
son: Jack Johnston. of Littleton. and
Theo. Il. Brown, Gus Bingham, j. w
Neave and Theo. Il. Kluttz, Jr., of
Salisbury, were the ushers. Tho bride
came up the aisle on the arm Of her
father, Hon. Lee $. Overman, meeting
the groom in front of the chancjl the
organ giving forth the notes Of Schd-
bert's screnade while they were made
man and wife by Rev. Or. J. ii. Weaver.
The bride was arrayed in Il gown
with a foundation of taffeta silk. The
top skirt was white crepe de chine with
n deep founce of accordeon-plaited cliff
fon and real lace. She carried i white
bound prayer book. The bridesmaids
gowns were point d'esprit, with accor-
deon-plaited flounce and love knots glra
ishing the skirt above the hounce and
the waist. They carried armsful of white
carnations.
A reception to the bridal party and
relatives followed at the home of the
brides parents. ut the conclusion of
which the couple took the 1920 vesti-
bule for Washington city. They will e.
main there a week and then spend the
month of May in the mountains cf ives
tern North Carolina.
The bride is one Of Salisbury's aud
the States loyeliest daughters. She is
the daughter Of Hon. Lee $. 0vernan
and the granddaughter of the late
Chief Justice and United States Sena-
tor. Augustus S. Merrimon. The groom
is the son of Captain John T. Gregory
and the grandson of DIR. Thomas Wynns
Gregory. He graduated with high hon
ors from the State University in 1876
and has since chosen the law as his
profession Mr.. and Mrs. Gregory viii
make their home i'll Salisbury.
Some of the guests who came 10 at
tend the wedding were Mr. and Mrs.
John b. Kenney. of Charlotte: Mrs. \.
s. Merimon. Of Raleigh: Miss Elizabeth
Merrimon. of Asheville Miss Julia Ma
gruder and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cab.
son. Of Concord; Mrs. CoInelia Tate,
of Charlotte; Miss Woods. of Charlottes-
vile. Va: Miss Lizzie Baker, Of Suffolk.
Va; Miss Salle Gotten. of Cottenlale.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis G. Philips, Of
Portsmouth, Va.