The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-10-09
.illingham-M eares

The marriage of Miss Rosa Dwight
Willingham and Mr.. Richard Lang
don Meares took place on Tuesday
evening in St. James Episcopal
Church and was witnessed by many
friends from out of town in addition
to those of Marietta.
Rev Randolph Claiborne, rector
OF st. James, read the marriage ser
vice and the bride was bestowed by
her father. Mr.. Charles Berrien Will
bingham.
The ushers were Messrs. Roy
Lovingood, John Griffith, Robert
Willingham and Victor Moore. Jr.
The best man was Mr.. Thomas
ID. Meares, Jr., and the grooms men
Messrs. Harold Willingham, Charles
ID. Montgomery, Jr., Frank G. Har-
ris. William A. Peschau and john
Blackwell
Flowers We're strewn before the
bride by little Roberta Sylvester and
John Peschau, Jr.
The bride was lovely in white
crepe meteor over an accordion
plated skirt of chiffon with dou-
ble-pointed train ending in silver
tassels and with the same finish on
the tunic.
The corsage was of chiffon and
lace and the veil worn In a cap eff
feet with orange blossoms. Tho
bouquet was of brides roses show
cred with lilies of the valley. She
also wore pearl necklace, now own
ed by the bridegroom mother.
which was first worn by his mater
nal great grand mother when she
danced at the ball given in honor of
La Fayette in Wilmington 1924.
The brides only sister, Mrs.
George Peschau, was matron of
honor wearing cell blue crepe me-
teor and carrying red roses and
swansonia
Miss Willie May Blair, who was
maid of honor, was especially lovely.
Misses Frances Law, Elizabeth Rey-
nolds, Marion Fielder and Isabel
Williams were brides maids and all
were dressed in blue crepe meteor
and carried bouquets of red roses
and asparagus fern tied with pink
tulle. They also wore silver slip
pers and white gloves.
The wedding music was played by
Miss Maud Foster and Misses Mary
Howell and Mary Atkinson. and
Messrs. George Beyerle and d. C.
Cole sang before the ceremony THE
Voice that Breathed DER Eden"
and before the nuptial benediction,
20 Perfect Love.
r. The LOhengren bridal chorus ush-
cred the bridal party into the church
and Mendelssohn's wedding march
mingled with the wedding bells as
the happy young couple left the
chanceI.
The church was deliberately decor
ated in foliage plants, ferns and au-
tumn flowers, cosmos and dahlias
in pink and creamy white
After the ceremony reception
was held at the home of the brides
parents for the out of town guests.
immediate relatives and the bridal
party.
The brides mother wore wisteria
crepe de chine with corsage Of roses
in pink and cream. The bride
groom's mother wore grey satin and
his sister pink satin. The bride
was dressed in a suit of midnight
blue cloth and black hat for her
wedding journey. She was one Of
Marietta's prettiest and most popu-
lar girls and has the character aud
tendencies that develop into noble
and gracious wOmanhood. Mr.. Meares
is a prominent young business man
of Wilmington, N. c., and belongs to
one Of the best families in the state
Those assisting in serving and en-
PERTAINING were Misses Emily Cas-
sin, jamie Fahy, Eta Putnam, Eloise
Brown, Laura Margaret Hoppe and
Agnes Smith.
The wedding presents were hand
some and came from all over the