The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-06-22
THE EVANS-WlLSON
WEDDING AT ESVILLE.

The Gainesville Sun of Sunday
morning gives the following account
of the Wilson-Evans nuptials. Mr..
Wilson is a brother of United States
| District Attorney Wilson, of Pensa-
| cola:
AT two o'clock on the afternoon of
| June 18th, at the First Presbyterian
church, was solemnized one of the
most beautiful weddings ever wit
messed in this city, viz: that of Miss
Jessie Evans and Mr.. Walker Viii
son.
While the audience was being
seated Miss Islay Eddins discoursed
excellent and pleasing numbers on
the large pipe organ, and immedi-
ately preceding the entrance of the
bridal party Miss Nellie Dempsey
sang the famous song of all true
hearts, Beloved, IT'S Morn
Ten minutes before the hour the
church was nearly full, giving evil
dence of the overlooking audience
to follow, and of the popularity of
the bride. A few minutes after two
the bridal cortege entered to the
strains of the favorite march from
Lohengrin. The bridal party consist
ed of twelve, beside the maid of hon
or and best man, entering in the fol-
lowing OGueT. MISS hdLS ENduS anu
Mr. John Carlisle, Miss Myra McMii-
Ian and Mr.. Chris Matheson, Miss
FAIRY DaCosta and Mr.. A. H. krause,
Miss Connie Daughtrey and Mr.. Roy
OFT, Miss Irene McCreary and Mr.. Is
lar Oliveros, Miss Nellie DaCosta and
MIR. Tom Dickinson, Miss Evans, maid
of honor, preceded the bride, with
two flower girls, Misses Helen Smith
and Joe-Anna Morris. Following this
the bride, with her father, Mr.. ]. G.
Evans, was met at the altar by the
groom, Mr. Walker Wilson, accompa-
MED by his best man, Mr.. Harry
Tench, preceded by Master Fred
Thackston, bearing the golden ring.
THE marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. Thos. P. Hay in an
impressive and solemn manner, and
during the ceremony the organist
sounded sweet, low strains in a
plaintive minor key, and thus two
souls plighted their marriage VOW be-
fore the altar. Through the joys and
sorrows of life, may those wedding
vows ever abide in the memory as
sweet as the chant of angels. Then
to the strains of Mendelssohn's We'd
ding March, played by Mrs Becker,
the little throng marched down
the aisle and out of the church.
THE church was most tastefullv
decorated with ferns and flowers,
while daisy chain guarded each side
of the four tiers of peWs.
The dresses worn were beautiful
and in keeping with the occasion. The
brides dress was white crepe meteor,
hand embroidered. with trimmings N
seed pearls, over white satin, her only
ornament being a crescent of pearls
hn3 hriI o1 oh
with orange blossoms, and carrying
in her hand an exquisite shower bou-
quet of Brides roses and lilies of the
valley, she indeed looked as "a bride
| adorned for her husband Composed
! in manner, modest in appearance
| gentle in expression, she presented a
| figure of tender loneliness.
| Misses Daughtrey, Evans and Ne
| Crearv were dressed in white hinge
! RE, with large picture hats of yellow
| Neapolitan straw, trimmed in willow
plumes. and carried bouquets of yell
! low daisies and asparagus fern.
| Misses Mcmillan, FAIRY and Nellie
| DaCosta wore dresses of yellow silk
null, with picture hats of yellow Nea-
| politan straw, trimmed in yellow
plumes, and carried bouquets of white
daisies and asparagus fern.
| Miss Evans, the beautiful maid OF
honor, wore a pompadoure chiffon
! over white satin and a picture hat of
white NeapOlitan straw, trimmed in
I lace and tiny white roses, and carried
a lovely bouquet of Brides roses.
The little flower girls wore dainty
white dresses, with slippers to match,
and scattered daisies as they march
! ed down the aisle.
Among the out-oftown guests pres
ent to witness the ceremony were
i Mrs. Ceph Wilson, Mrs. w. Z. Smith
and Mr. Max Wilson, a brother of the
groom, of Mariana, Fla. and Mr..
Thos. Clarke, of Louisville, Ky,
grandfather of the bride"