The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-09-02
Praft-Ramsaur

Last evening in ST. PauIs church,
Boston, at s O'Clock a beautiful we'd
ding was solemnized. The church,
adorned with great clusters of mag
nificent roses about the chancel, and
many cut roses entwined among doz-
ems of lighted candles and inter-
spersed with trailing plumosa, was
most beautiful
The uniting OF two lives into the
sacred bond of wedlock has always
been the greatest event of interest
TO all classes since God gave to man
his best and loveliest creation.
The marriage last evening of Miss
Leontine Medora Ramsaur of ST.
Petersburg and Mr.. Derrell Burn
ham Pratt of Birmingham, was one
Of beauty and solemnity. Rev Har-
per of Boston pronounced the bless
ing that made them man and wife in
the presence of church audience
and the brides own immediate fam
ily. So petite and dainty in her
wedding suit of golden brown with
an immense arm bouquet of Ameri-
can Beauty roses, Miss Ramsaur
made an exquisitely dainty picture,
happy and truly beautiful. This
sweet young bride is the only daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mona Ramsaur, and has
grown TO young womanhood in ST.
Petersburg. She is niece of Mr..
and Mrs. r.. r. Carroll of this city
and has scores of friends both here
and in her home town who will be
greatly surprised and interested to
learn of her marriage She has visit
ed in this city frequently and is pop
ular with all, especially the college
set.
Mr.. Pratt is a young man of
sterling worth and aside from being
a scion of one of Alabama's oldest
and best known families, is a base
ball player of no little note. Hesfs
a member of the Alabama A T. o.
fraternity and has played on the st.
Louis Browns, of the National
League, for number of years. For
a season he was assistant coach on
the football team at Washington and
Lee University, and is an all around
club man and athlete He is TO be
congratulated on winning so charm
ing a bride.
The young couple left Immediate
ly after the ceremony for Detroit
and st. Louis and will be at home to
their friends in Birmingham after
October 1st, where they will reside.
This pretty romance had it's be-
ginning last winter when the ST.
Louis Browns wintered in st. Peters
burg, and its elimination last eve
ming will be received with pleasure
by the friends of the couple all over
FLORIDA, who wish for them a long
and happy life Among the wedding
gifts Is a chest of silver presented by
the members of the ST. Louis team,
all of whom attended the wedding
ceremony in a body
This wedding is the last of num-
U0I Vi IU1IIdnCcS Iudt nave CO1IG lHUO
the lives of members of tire big
league teams during the past year or
two, several of the players, as In Mr..
Pratt's case, having been married In
the midst of the playing season.
Rickie's St Louis Browns have
made a phenomenal record this sea-
son, climbing from near the bottom
to third place.
Mrs. Pratt will follow her hus-
band and the fortunes of his club
till the close of the season, when he
quits baseball for good. The brides
mother Mrs. Mona Ramsaur, and
aunt, Mrs. Carroll and cousins, Chris
tine Hannah and Merris Carroll were
present at the wedding.
Mrs c. L. Moore has returned
from a visit ITO her daughter, Mrs.
E. C. Staley, at Palmetto. Mrs.
Moore brought with her her little
granddaughter and grandson, who
will remain with her for some
hWeeks.
i Mr.. Edwin Swain, who has been
spending his vacation of two months