The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-06
Miss Mary Elizabeth Barefoot,
John LilleY Married Here Yesterday

st. Andrews = Covenant Presby-
terrain church, 18th and Market
streets, this city, was the scene
Saturday afternoon at $50 O'Clock
of one of the loveliest early spring
weddings when Miss Mary Eliza
beth Barefoot, daughter of DR.. AND
Mrs. Crab a Barefoot, OF
Wilmington, became the bride of
John j.. Lilley, Jr., son of John
j. Lilley of Waverly, Va.
The bridal VOW were spoken be.
fore the chancel which was banked
in palms, Southern smilax and
large arrangements of white flow
ers flanked with standards OF
Easter lilies and cathedral tapers.
DR.. Eugene Witherspoon, pastor OF
the church, performed the cere-
mony.
While the guests assem-.
bling and during the ceremony a
program of wedding music was
rendered by the church organist.
Miss Barefoot had as her maid,
of-hopor her cousin. Miss Iris
Barefoot of Hallsboro, who is q
student at the Woman's college OF
the University of North Carolina
in Greensboro, and her brides
maids were Miss Mary Elizabeth
Lilley, of Holland. Va, sister of
tha briJooroopo Misc C,ro11rn uoJ
land of this city, Miss Patty
Planck of Norfolk, Va, and Miss
Peggy Moser of st. Louis, Mo-,
a former classmate of the bride.
Miss 'Roxana Barefoot, younger
sister of the bride, was a junior
bridesmaid.
The maid-of-honor wore a beau
tiful gown of Nile green marqui-
settle fashioned with very low drop
shoulder neckline outlined with a
narrow bertha, short puffed
sleeves and extremely full bout
FAINT skirt caught at the back in
a hustle. She carried a bouquet
of gerberas, s~napdragons land
sWeetpeas in sunburst colors tied
with a large bow Of matching Nile
green ribbon. On her hair she
wore a garland of flowers match
ing her bouquet.
The bridesmaids wore identical
gowns as that of the maid and
their bouquets were the same. The
junior bridesmaid Wore a dainty
dress of sheer pink organdy and
her bouquet was fashioned of the
same flowers only in miniature
size tied with pale green ribbon.
Miss Barefoot who entered the
church with her father by whom
she was given in marriage, was
gowned in q lovely model of blush
pink satin. The dress was simply
designed with a fitted bodice, a
heartshaped neckline, and a volu-
minous bouffant skirt tapering in
10 a court length train over which
fell a cloud of illusion, which
formed the veil. Around the waist
of the gown were satin rosebuds,
and the same were used across
the tiara of her veil. Miss Bare
foot wore a double strand of
pearls at her throat and carried
a cascade bouquet OF blush pink
camellias and blush colored lilac,
shoWered with more lilac.
Felix Ellis of Stoney Creek, Va,
attended Mr.. Lilley as best man
and his groomsmen we're Graham
Barefoot, brother of the bride,
Howell Lilley and Riedel Lilley Of
Waverly, Va, brothers of the
bridegroom and William T. Mars,
Jr., of Wilmington.
Mrs. Barefoot, mother Of the
bride, was attired in a lovely
model of soft rose with an ap-
pliqued yoke and wore a shoulder
corsage Of parma violets. Her hat
was of pink roses with yelling Of
lavendar net.
Immediately after the ceremony
the brides parents entertained
with a reception at their home,
124 Forest Hills drive. White
spring flowers and native green
cry and candles were used
throughout the house in artistic ar
engagements and in the dining
room the brides table, laid with
an Italian cutWork cloth, was cen
tered with an epergne filled with
white flowers fanked by tall ca
thedral tapers in three branched
silver candelabra. After the re-
ception the couple left for a we'd
ding trip South. She wore for
travelling a smart spring suit OF
gray made with coachman jacket.
She used red lizard accessories
and a smart gray hat matching
her suit.
Mrs. Lilley is a graduate of New
Hanover High school, Wilmington.
and the College of William and
Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
Mr.. Lilley is a graduate of VP1
and served as a captain IN the
European theatre and is now Vet
Grams instructor in agriculture.
The couple will make their home
in Waverly, Va.
Among those here for the we'd
ding from out-of-toWn included: