Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-04
HIBBLER. GRIFFIN WEDDING.

A very beautiful wedding. which was
Of interest in this and adjoining states,
was splemnized on Thursday evening.
June 26th, at the Church Of the Nativi-
ty, when Miss Laura Hibbler, the
youngest DAUGHTER Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Edmund Hibbler. and Mr.. DANTE
Booker Griffin, of New Augusta, Miss d,
were united in marriage.
The impressive service was read by
Rev. Willis Gaylord Clark. Of st. An
drews Church, Birmingham, Ala, in
the presence Of a large gathering Of
friends and relatives, Rev. Lundy
| Sykes, Of Aberdeen. Miss. rector Of
the church. and Rev. Ri n Mitchell, Of
West Point, assistant rector. who were
here to help in the wedding music,
stood, one on either side of the altar,
during the ceremony, The three. young
minister's in their ministerial robes
added an additional solemnity to the
occasion.
A conventional color note Of white
and green was very effectively used in
the simple. but artistic decoration Of
the church, palms, ferns and Southern
smilax being banked at the sides and
back Of the church and rostrum and
over the altar rail. On which were sever
nj large lunches of white ~hydrangas
and oleanders. These flowers were on
the altar also. While the ceremony
was being performed, the only light in
the church came from the brass candle
sticks on the altar, and from several
tall candelabras, each bearing seven
white tapers.
The nuptial music was rendered by
Mrs. f. V. Yates. Just before the
professional, which was Mendelssohn's
wedding march, a vested choir, among
whom were Mesdames c. H. Spessard,
A. T. Dent, H II. Brooks, +. c. Scales;
Misses Earline and Mary Clyde Holt,
Lizzie Bass, Mamie Warren Jones;
Nessrs. J. S. Scott, w. NJ: Jones, Sr.,
Rev. Rlan Mitchell and Rev. Lundy
Sykes sang "The Voice That Breathed
Yer Eden" After the bridal party
had left the church, the choir sang 90,
Perfect Love" Master Roby Bush
p eceded the choir, carrying the cross.
The bride was exquisitely lovely in
or bridal robes of white brocaded
"epe meteor, draped in real lace on
es of the Valley, as she entered or
,e arm Of her father, who gave her il
arriage. Her flmy tulle veil. which
ID been worn by two of her sisters,
II from a wreath Of natural valley
lilies. She carried a prayer book,
rom which fell a shower of the same
lainty flowers.
The matron of honor, Mrs. E. T.
George, a bride of only a few months,
wore her wedding gown of white en-
oroidered charmuese, draped in real
lace and orange blossoms. She carried
an arm bouquet of pink carnations.
The flower girls were little Misses
Carrie Hibbler Jones, niece of the bride,
and Annie Jones. They were lovely in
lingerie frocks. and carried bas-
kcts filed with pink h%ydranga petals,
which they scattered in the path of the
bride.
The groom had as his best man Mr..
f. T George; the ushers were Messrs.
Robert Holt and William Lucas, all of
Macon.
Master Norman McCorkle, nephew of
the groom, was to have been ring bear
err. but was prevented from being pres
ent.
Mrs. Griffin is a young woman of
rare intelligence and beauty of charac-
ter, and has a large circle of friends in
several cities in the South. where her
family is one of the Oldest and best
known. Mr.. Griffin, who is very ptpu,
lar in the business world Of the state
as well as the social world, is to be con-
graduated on having been SO fortunate
as to win such a lovely bride.