The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-03
Miss Cooper,
Mr.. Dudley
Are Married
Beautiful Wedding Is Solem-
nized Last Evening At First
Presbyterian Church

The First Presbyterian church
was the scene of a beautiful we'd
ding last evening at 8 o'clock when
Miss Susan Cooper, daughter of
Lieut.. Comdr. o. F. Cooper U. S.
NJ, retired, and Mrs. Cooper, of
Wilmington, became the bride of
Sherwood D. Dudley, of Whining
ton, son of Mrs. Morton L. Dudley
and the late DR.. Dudley, of Roa-
noke, Va. DR.. A. D. P. Gilmour,
pastor of the church, officiated at
the ceremony.
The chancel of the church was
banked with palms and cybodium
with burning tapers. On the altar
table were vases of pink chrys-
anthemums. While the guests as
sembled and during the ceremony
beautiful program of nuptial Sc
lections was given by E. H.
Munson, church organist.
The bride chose as her attend
ants Miss Eugie Waters, as her
maid of honor, and bridesmaids
were Miss Louise Washburn, Miss
Name Campbell, Miss Becky
Davis, of Dunn, Miss Emily Siler,
of Waynesville, and junior brides
maids were Miss Mary Elizabeth
Toms, of Wilmington, and Miss
Allie Hyman, of Dunn.
Mr.. Dudley had his brother. Nor
ton L. Dudley, of Coalgood, KY,
as his best man, and groomsmen
were T. c. Hyman, of Sanford,
George Dewey, of Pulaski, Va,
A. K. Cooper, of Wilmington, and
Leslie N. Boney, Jr., of Whining
ton.
The bride entered the church
with her father by whom she was
given in marriage. She wore a
beautiful wedding gown of Slipper
satin in the palest pink fashioned
with the long silhouette line, deftly
draped bodice with full sleeves fit
ted to the wrist. The skirt was
very full and fashioned with a
panel back that formed a long
graceful train. Her veil Of pale
ping illusion had inserts of old
lace, which belonged to her family.
The veil was caught in a simple
halo with a shorter veil of lace.
She carried beautiful round
bouquet of sweetheart roses and
lilies of the valley tied with flesh
colored net and showered with
sweetheart roses. She wore love-
| ly old pin which belonged to her
great grandmother.
The maid of honor wore a gown
of Slipper satin in Camellia pink,
fashioned with off the shoulder
neckline and short puffed sleeves.
The bodice was moulded to the
figure from which very full skirt
fell forming slight train. The
other attendants wore gowns made
on identical lines, Miss Campbell
and Miss Washburn wearing Heav-
enly Pink, Miss Davis and Miss
Siler in Pink Spice and Miss Toms
and Miss Hyman in Petal Pink.
They carried colonial bouquets of
pastel flowers tied with three
shades of green satin ribbon.
Mrs. Cooper, the brides mother,
wore lovely gown of light blue
faille with gold trimming and Mrs.
Dudley, the bridegroom's mother,
wore a gown of blue with sequin
trim. They both wore corsages of
orchids. Mrs. A. L. Hubbard, of
Fayetteville, the brides grand
mother, wore a gown of black
velvet.
Immediately following the cere-
nlony the brides parents entertain
ed at their home on Chestnut street
at beautiful reception. The en-
tire home was decorated with ar
rangements of pink chrysanthe-
NUNS and burning tapers and
smiax. Receiving the guests at
the door were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
E. Little and Mr.. and Mrs. R. c.
Cantwell, Jr., and in the living
room punch was served by Mr..
and Mrs. A. L. Hubbard, Jr., of
Baltimore, Miss Louisa Rankin
and Jack IcIlwinen, of Fayette-
vile. In the dining room the
brides table was beautiful appoint
ed with a centerpiece of sweet
heart roses and a soft shade of
pink tapers burned on each side.
During the evening the bride cut
the lovely wedding cake which was
pink. Receiving in the dining room
were Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Hines, Mr..
and Mrs. J. Irving Corbett, Mr..
and Mrs. E. R. Toms and Mr..
and Mrs. Whit H. Benton. Mr..
and Mrs Duncan Currie, of Fayet-
teville received the guests in the
gift room. The receiving line was
composed of the brides parents,
the bridegroom's mother, the
bridal couple, attendants and the
brides grandmother, Mrs. A. l..
Hubbard, of Fayetteville.
Following the reception the cou-
pie left for a wedding trip to New
Orleans. Mrs. Dudley changed to
a smart ensemble of plum color
wool with grey fox trim and wore
plum accessories and a corsage of
sweetheart roses from her bridal
bouquet.
The bride is the daughter of
Lieut.. Comdr. o. F.. Cooper, U. S.
NJ, and Mrs. Cooper, of this city,
and is a graduate Of Peace college
in Raleigh and attended Beaver
college at Jenkintown, Pa. Mr..
Dudley is the son of Mrs. Morton
L. Dudley, of Roanoke, Va, and