Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-06-29

marriage by Rev. Isaac Wayne
Hughes, rector.
WnIte candles were lighted on the
altar and both altar and chancel
were decorated with a profusion of
white gladioli.
Before the ceremony, Mrs. Isaac
Wayne Hughes, organist, played
lovely and appropriate music: Schu-
Dert's Serenade, Nocturne by Cho-
pin, and Romance, by RubenSteln
mrs. Hughes used the traditional
bridal marches from Wagner's Lob
engrln and Mendelssohns ''Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" as professional
and recesSlonal, and during the cere-
mony played softly ''Liepestraum," :"
by List
Inc bride was given in marriage
by her uncle, Charles Whedbee, OF
herttord. She wore a lovely prin-
cess wedding gown OF ivory satin,
With full length coat of ivory satin
and Chantllly lace, descending into
d beautiful tan-shaped train. Her
veil was draped from cap made
OF lace from her mothers wedding
gown. She carried a white prayer
uoOk, with shower Of lilies of the
valley
Mrs. Henry E. Vos, cousin of the
bride, was matron of honor. She
was charmingly dressed in a gown
OF blue silk marquisette, with short
puffed sleeves, panelled in blue lace,
with a blue lace girdle and head
dress of blue flowers. She carried
a lovely bouquet of summer flowers.
The two bridesmaids were Miss Sue
Blount Palmer, sister of the groom,
and Miss Jocelyn Whedbee, cousin
of the bride. They were gowned in
pink silk net, made bouffant style
with short puffed sleeves, the pink
net over skirts trimmed with wide
bands of blue ribbon. Both carried
lovely bouquets of mixed flowers.
The groom was attended by his
brother, Jesse Key Palmer, of Lew
isburg, w. Va, as best man. Anoth-
er brother, w. M. Palmer, of Rocky
Mount, served as groomsman with
A. d. Shackleford, of Wilson. The
ushers were Samuel M. Watkins and
William B. Waddill, of Henderson,
w. Coalter Paxton, of Wilson, and
Herbert Crosland, of Bennettsville,
S. c. All wore boutonnieres of lily
of the valley.
Mrs. Samuel Watkins, mother of
the bride, wore a gown of dusty pink
lace and Mrs. Horace Palmer, moth
er of the groom, was dressed in black
chiffon. Each wore lovely orchid
cOrSage.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Samuel Watkins, formerly of Hert-
ford, and the late Samuel Watkins,
of Henderson. She received her de-
gree of B. S. in Secretarial Admins
tration at Woman's College, Univer-
sity, of N. c., Greensboro. For the
past year she has been member of
the faculty of the Charles L. Coon
high school in Wilson.
The groom is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace w. Palmer, of Bennetts-
vile, S. c. Both his mothers and
his fathers people came from War
| renton. Mr.. Palmer received his
education at the University of North
Carolina, and has held a responsible
position with the Southern Tobacco
Company, of Wilson, for a number
of years.
After the ceremony an informal
reception for the wedding party and
out-of- town guests was given at the
home of Mrs. C. H. Turner.
Since this wedding united some oil
! the oldest families of Vance anc
| Warren counties and eastern North
! Carolina, a host of relatives anc
friends attended. Guests from Hert-
ford, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Ben
nettsville, Warrenton, and Wilson
were present. These included: MIR
and Mrs. Charles Whedbee. Mis-.
Jocelyn Whedbee, Mr. and Mrs Sila:
Whedbee, of Hertford; Mr.. and Mrs
Horace Palmer, Miss Sue Bloun
Palmer, Mrs. J. T. Douglas and Her
bert Crosland, of Bennettsville, S
c.; Miss Sophie Wood, Miss Ann;
Wood, and Mr. and Mrs. Dorse,
Pruden,, Of Edenton; Mrs. SydneS
Mcmillan, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Nc.
Mullan, of Edenton; Mr.. and Mrs
William Skinner, Miss Julia Skinner
Mrs. w. B. Foreman and John Wooc
Foreman, of Elizabeth City; Mr.. anc
Mrs. w. M. Palmer, of Rocky Mount
and Mr.. and Mrs. Key Palmer, o1
Lewisburg, w. Va; Mrs A. M
Moseley, of Greenville; Mr.. and Mrs
Reginald Brothers, of Suffolk, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hyman Phillips, o-
Tarboro; Misses Sally Taylor, o1