The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29
Edwards-Bosti
Wedding Vows
Said In Warsaw,
Bridegroom Is Son Of The
Rev. And Mrs. John R. Ed
wards Of Wilmington

Miss Geraldine Bostic, daughter
of mir. and Mrs. Walter L. Bostic.
of Warsaw, and the Rev. John
Paul Edwards, son of the Rev.
and Mrs. John Robert Edwards.
of Wilmington, were united in
marriage in a lovely formal cere.
mony on Thursday evening 1T 8
o'clock in the Warsaw Baptist
church. The d%ouble-ring ceremony
was used by the pastor, the Rev.
G. Van Stephens, assisted by the
Rev. John Robert Edwards, father
Of the bridegroom, pastor Of Fifth
Avenue Methodist church. of Will
mington.
The vows were spoken before an
altar placed in front of bridal arch
decorated with white gladioli and
palms, with seven branched can
delabra on either side. Around
the pulpit was a blanket of bridal
greens with huge baskets of white
gladioli On either side. The choir
loft, Illuminated by c%andlelight.
was centered with a massive ar
rangement of gladioli and palms
and single tapers burned on the
peWs.
Miss Christine Kornegay. Of
Seven Springs, at the piano. pre-
sented a program Of nuptial
music. Miss Esther Hollowell, of
Windsor and Meredith college
sang, Because and my Hero
and the Rev. Z. H. Neese, of
Greensboro, sang THE Sweetest
Story Ever Told" and 1.-THE Lords
Prayer" as the henediction. Dur
Ing the ceremony Miss Kornegay
played "Clair de Lune'' and used
the traditional wedding marches
for the professional and recession
ii.
UShers were the Rev. John M.
Cline, of Kenansville; Raeford L.
Bostic, brother Ct the bride, OF
Warsaw, the Rev. Leighton Har-
rel, of New Castle, Va. the Rev.
William Combs, North Wilkesboro.
the Rev. R. H. Sales and the Rev.
Hollis Huston, of Durham and
John Long USN, of Aberdeen.
Robert Edwards, of Greensboro.
attended his brother as best man.
Attending the bride was her sis
Ser-ln-law, Mrs. Raeford Eostic, as
Iame-of-honor; gowned in yellow
marquisette, Miss Sallye Cara
way, OF Charleston, S. c., as maid
s honor wore lavender and the
bridesmaids were Misses Nancy
Harris, o. Norwood and Rich
mond, Va, Mary Elizabeth Ed
wards, of Wilmington, sister of the
bridegroom, wearing pink and
MISS Nancy Resch, of Charleston.
). C., and Mrs. Charles Norwood,
Df Raleigh. both wearing green.
Each of the attendants dresses
were fashioned with high neck
pnd yoke outlined with ruffles and
Falllng Oft the shoulders. The bod
Ice was pointed and tight fitting
With the full skirt falling from
rufffed peplum extending to the
semline. Each wore flowers with
matching headdress, elbow Inits
and carried colonial nosegays of
mixed flowers, tied with match
ng tulle.
The bride, given in marriage bv
Aer father, wore for her wedding
! hand made gown of blush Slip
per satin, fashioned with cupid's
BOW neckline with narrow bertha
srding in deep point in back edg-
o with Chantilly lace. The full
souffant skirt fell from the point
I'd tight fitting bodice and ended
b train. The long sleeves, edged
I, matching Chantilly lace carne
2 Gala lily points at her wrist.
Fer finger tip veil of French il.
usion fell from a tiara of blush
latin, matching the dress, and
vas edged with lace. She carried
| white prayer book, topped with
White purple throated orchids,
rom which fell satin streamers
led with lily of the valley, and
wore around her neck a strand of
%'earls, git of The bridegroom.
Mrs. Bostic, mother of the
ride. was gowned in powder blue
With shoulder corsage of white
'oses and the bridegroom's
mother wore dusty rose with cor
age of white roses.
Immediately following the cere-
nony the brides parents enter
aimed at a wedding reception at
heir home on College street.
Immediately following the re-
'eption the Rev. and Mrs. Ed
yards LETT on a wedding trip. For