The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1914-09-11
Armstrong Tomlinson NuptIala


Never was witnessed sweeter,
more impressive wedding than that
which occurred at the country home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Tomlinson at
Culleoka on Thursday evening, Sept.
3, at 1880 p. m, when Miss Mildred
Myers Tomlinson and Prof. Harry
Lacy Armstrong were united in mar
rage
The porch of the home, draped in
white, twined with ivy and lighted
with candles, was the marriage altar.
Preceding the ceremony most beau
tiful musical program was rendered,
J which was the more impressive in
. that it was given by those who loved
the bride, and their voices, ever
! sweet, were unusually so on this oc-
casion. Miss Brownie Tomlinson
gave Soul of My Soul" Mrs. Dalton
Oliver AT Dawning" and Misses Alb
ernathy and Tomlinson SILVER
Threads Among the Gold" Miss Alb
J ernathy also rendered the nuptial
music.
The bridal party was preceded by
Rev. w. T. Haggard, of Columbia,
who performed the ceremony. The
< attendants were the sister and niece
/ Of the bride, Miss Martha Tomlinson
: and Mrs. Clyde Ramon, and three
special girl friends, Misses Katherine
Rice, Sarah Williamson and Lucille
] Edgerton, Of Lebanon.
The bride entered with her broth
er, Jesse Tomlinson, who gave her
) away in marriage. They were met
at the altar by the groom and his
best man, Mr.. Dougherty, of Logan,
\ Ohio. ..
The bride, who is known and loved
on account of her sweet Christian
character, was strikingly beautiful in
her full bridal toilette. a gown Of
white charmeuse crepe meteor CON-
] bined with Duchess lace and seeded
with pearls, her veil of Princess net,
which was softened by Juliet cap
of Duchess lace, caught with orange
blossoms. The bouquet was brides
roses. Master Paul Tomlinson Woo
ten, of Lebanon, the nephew Of the
bride, bore the wedding ring in one of
the roses from the bridal bouquet.
The attendants were gowned in vel
low charmeuse with lace overdress.
e The wedding register was kept by
). Misses Rice, Williamson and Edger-
ton.
n After the ceremony, the bridal par
70 ty left by automobile for Nashville,
whence they went on a northern trip.
d A large number Of handsome we'd
Y ding presents were received. Among
these were chest Of silver from the
brides parents and check from the
If father and mother Of the groom. !.
Among the prominent guests from
D. a distance were Capt R. T. McClain,
s. a prominent lawyer of Lebanon. and
Ar. and Mrs. Nathan G. Robertson
d and son, John .Fite Robertson, of Leb-
e, anon.
Cheek-Hughes.
If Mr.. and Mrs. James H. Hughes an
If nounce the engagement and ap-
j. preaching marriage of their daughter,
Bessie Myers, to J. o. Cheek, the
d. wedding to take place at their resi-
e ence on October fourteenth at 3
o'clock.
Ie Birthday Dinner.
st Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Davis, Of the
1t Bear Creek community, gave a fami-
ly dining Sunday, which was attend
r, ed by thirteen children, sons-in-law
t, and daughters-in-law and fourteen
s. grandchildren. A bountiful dinner
was spread at noon in the large yard
ID beneath the shade of the large forest
S. trees.
is PoweII.RatcIiffe Wedding.
ID The marriage of Miss Corinne Rat
cliffe, of San Antonio, Texas, to Ross
y Powell, of Decherd, was quietly SOL
emnized in Nashville this evening at
lie o'clock before Rev. Lowry, of the
Methodist church. Only the mother
a of the bride, her uncle, sister and
very close personal friends, Mr.. and
re Mrs. Charles Dinwiddie, of Culleo-
ka, were present at the ceremony
le After spending the night in Nashville,
k. they will go to Asheville, N. c., where
IL they will stay for week or ten days
on their bridal tour.
), Mrs. Powell is one of the sweetest,
- most loveable ladies who has ever
' visited in this county. Refined, cult
!, waited, possessed of all those traits of
character which are so admired In