The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-08-12

| MISS SdIdll A1lIl hdlllSey, QduSll-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Pope
Ramsey of Hattiesburg, formerly of
Durant, became the bride of Henry
! Burkett Hedgepeth, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John William Hedgepeth of
Monticello, in double ring cere-
mony performed at 4:30 p. m. Sun
day at Court Street Methodist
church, Hattiesburg. The brides
uncle, the Rev. o. S. Lewis OF
Vicksburg, officiated assisted by
the Rev j. L. Carter, pastor of the
Court Street church.
Given in marriage by her father,
! the bride was lovely in white
satin and chantilly lace gown with
finger-tip illusion on veil falling
from a coronet of stephanotis. She
carried a bouquet of brides roses,
lilies-of- the-valley and stephanotis,
centered with white orchid and
! cascaded with satin ribbon and
Fleur glamour blossoms.
| The bridal party entered to the
strains of "Lohengrin's Bridal Cho-
rus" by Wagner, played by Miss
| Mary Stuart Harmon, following
. pre-ceremony music by Miss Har-
mon, organist, Miss Isabel Mccoy,
vocalist, and Mrs. Leo H. Martin,
soloist.
Attendants Numed
Miss Jeanne Charbonneau, cousin
of the bride, and as only attendant
was maid of honor, wore a colonial
gown of rose colored slipper satin.
An arrangement of yellow carna-
tions and blue maline was worn in
her hair She carried colonial bou
quet of yellow cornflowers and blue
maline. John Hedgepeth served his
! brother as best man. Ushers were
Leon Hedgepeth and Thomas P.
Ramsey, Jr, brother of the bride
groom and bride, respectively.
For the ceremony the church was
arranged into summer garden eff
| feet with the use of huckleberry
trellises studded with white gladioli
| and Easter lilies. The choir rail was
decorated with boxes of fancy leaf
| caladium and ferns. Baskets OF
white gladioli, white carnations and
Easter lilies were also used.
For going-away, the bride wore a
rose faille suit with brown acces-
series and the orchid from her bri-
dial corsage. Following the honey
moon. Mr.. and Mrs. Hedgepeth will
be at home in Corinth.
The bride is a graduate of Hat
tiesburg High school and Mississippi
Southern college with degree In
home economics. She was member
of Tri-Sigma national education
sorority. For the past year she has
been employed as home demonstra-
ton agent in Covington county
Mr.. Hedgepeth was graduated
from Mississippi State college in
agricultural education and was a
member of Alpha Tau Alpha honor
airy educational fraternity. At pre-
sent he is with the Mississippi Ag
ricultural extension service as as
sistant county agent in Alcorn
county.
Reception Held
Following the wedding a recep-
ton was held at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. John Steme, uncle and
aunt of the bride Guests were
greeted by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Charbonneau and directed to the
register and receiving line by DR..
and Mrs. Grady Cook Mrs. Leo H.
Martin made the introductions to
the receiving line composed of the
couples parents and the maid-of-
honor, Miss Charbonneau.
Mr.. and Mrs. Inman Cook pre-
sided over the brides table. Mrs.
Stemme cut the cake for the guests
after the first slice was cut by the
bridal couple. Miss Mary Martin
assisted with refreshments. Out-of-
town guests were present from
Vicksburg, Monticello, Brookhaven,
New Auo,,cfo M Oli,,a C4o,1xx.111