The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03
Bessie Stevens,
R. NJ. Stevenson
Wed In Church

LUMBERTON - The marriage
OF Miss Bessie Marie Stevens,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Mccoy
Stevens of Lumberton, to Robert
Melton Stevenson Of Fayetteville,
son of the late Rev and Mrs W
H Stevenson of Sumter, S C,
was solemnized at the First Pres
byterian church on July 80 at 8
o'clock The pastor, the Rev R
L Alexander, officiated at the
double ring rites
Wedding music was rendered bv
Mrs J A Martin, organist, and
Mrs Erwin T Williams a n d
James Earl Hall, soloists
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her brothers, Ray
mond Stevens, wore a beautif l
wedding gown of While Duchess
satin, fashioned with yoke of il
fusion outlined in seed pearls and
rhinestones which were continued
down the entire front of the skirt,
a fitted bodice ad sleeves ending
in pointS over the wrists Her two
tered veil of illusion was attach
ed to a coronet of seed pearls, and
she carried a prayer book topped
with a white orchid and showered
with stephanotis
Attending the bride as matron,
of-honor was her sister, Mrs Cecil
L Thompson Bridesmaids w e r e
Mrs R E Richardson, Jr, Mis-
ses Martha Bowman and ] a i S
Bolton The flower girl was little
Gail Ballou, and junior brides
maids were Charlotte Hedgp e t h
and Jean Mclean All Of the
brides attendants were gowned in
white, their frocks made with
bodices of lace in off-the-shoulder
design and skirt of French net
over taffeta
The bridegroom was attended
by Cecil L Thompson as best
man Groomsmen were Addison
Stevenson of Sumter, brother OF
the bridegroom, Brock Lyon Of
Rocky Mount, R E Richardson,
Jr, 1 Murchison Biggs and G B
Mcleod, Jr The ringbearer was
Wayne Thomas Stevens, nephew
of the bride, and junior grooms-
men were Norman Blackmon,
nephew of the bride, and Osborne
Lee, Jr
Honorary bridesmaids were
Miss Valeria Bridger of Baden
boro, Mrs Raymond Stevens and
Mrs E A Welsh, Misses Eliza
beth Lee, Kitty Edens, Doris
Goodyear, Nora Dean Parker,
Betty McCallum, Jackie Oliver,
Betty Carter, Mary Elizabeth
Caldwell, Jane Carter, Louise Nc
Leod
The mother of the bride wore
black crepe with gardenias at her
shoulder Mrs w H Stevenson of
Sumter, stepmother of the bride
groom, also won black with a
corsage of gardenias
The bride has been employed as
a designer with Lumberton Floral
Company for some time Mr. Ste
venson is a special agent with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
with headquarters in Fayetteville,
where the couple will be at home
after a wedding trip
The parents Of the bride enter
tanned at a formal reception at
the Lorraine Hotel Immediately
after the wedding
Mrs Walter G Blackmon, sister
of the bride, was hostess at the
cake-cutting given following re.
hearsal on Tuesday evening Be
fore rehearsal Mrs Wayne Viii.
liams, Mrs Cecil L Thompson
and Mrs Tracy C Ballou enter.
tanned at a dinner party at the
Lorraine Hotel
On Monday evening a buffet
supper for members of the wed
ding party was given by Mise:
Martha Bowman and Janis Bolton
at the home of the former Mrs
Erwin T. Williams and her daugh
ter, Miss Lula, entertained a
luncheon honoring the bride at the
Lorraine Hotel Monday at ]
o'clock On S a t r d a y morning
Mrs Floyd F Kelly was hostes!
at a coca-cola party at her home
Mrs Robert Camel gave
luncheon in compliment to M i S
Stevens at the Lorraine H o
Wednesday Mrs J Leroy Town
send and Mrs. C. A. D. Fakes we~,
hostesses at a coca-cola party a
the home of the former Tuesday