The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1952-01-10
Lieut. Jim D. Odon Weds Miss Jeanne BuiIord In
Impressive Ceremony At Jackson, December 2oth

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Church, Jackson, on December
29th at $3.50 in the afternoon, Miss
Jeane Billiard, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Billiard of Boone
vile, became the bride of Lit.
Jim d. Odom, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Odom, Durant. The
Rev. Gordon Sansing, pastor, of
ficiated before an altar banked
with woodwardia fern and two
large baskets of white gladiol,
stock, and chrysanthemums. Tall
cathedral tapers in floor candel-
abra cast soft glow over the
scene and candles were also used
in the large windows of the
church. These were entwined
with ivy and greenery and the
pews used for the families were
marked with white satin bows
and plumosa fern.
A lovely program of nuptial
music was given by Mrs. Robert
w. King of Jackson, organist;
Miss Nancy Worley of Jackson,
pianist; Miss Patricia Hurst of
Jackson, violinist and Lieutenant
Robert E. Irby, Durant, vocalist.
Miss Hurst played 81 Love You
Truly" and Meditation From
That's" and Lieut.. Irby sang "Un-
til You Came" with the organist
and pianist using other appro-
pirate selections as the guests
assembled. Traditional wedding
marches were used.
Tapers were lighted by Robert
w. King, Jackson, and James E.
Brown, Gainesville, Florida.
Miss Peggy Fleming, Crystal
Springs, cousin of the groom and
Miss Ann Miller, Memphis, were
bridesmaids and wore identical
dresses of ruby red velveteen. The
maid of honor was Miss Jane Bull
! lard, Bonneville, sister of the
bride, who wore green velveteen
and Mrs. Gordon Sansing, Jack
son, was matron of honor and
wore royal blue velveteen. All
2 of the dresses were made with
, scalloped neckline, tight fitting
bodices and full skirts. In their
hair they wore matching bands
of velveteen and all carried bou-
, quets of magnolia leaves, tied
with moss green ribbon and top
ped with a lighted candle.
Groomsmen were Mr.. Tom E.
Brown, Prattville, Alabama, cou-
sin of the groom and Mr.. Jack
Bullard, Clinton, brother of the
bride.
Mr.. Walter Odom of Durant
served his son as best man.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a gown of white
satin with flesh net yoke. The
full skirt had rows of tucks flut-
ing the hipline and rows of lace
marked the neckline and yoke
line. The long sleeves came to
a point over the hands and the
graceful skirt fell into a train
to the hemline. Her fingertip
veil of illusion fell from a coro-
net of pearlized orange blossoms
and her only jewelry was string
of pearls and pearl brooch, gifts
of the groom. Her flowers were
white lilies of the valley ar
ranged on white Bible and top
!, ped with a white, purple throated
orchid. AS the bride entered the
church and advanced down the
aisle, the soloist sang Always"
concluding just as she reached
the altar.
At the conclusion of the cere-
mony, Lieutenant Irby sang THE
Wedding Prayer"
The brides mother chose a gown
of grey lace with black Access
series and wore corsage of
pink roses. The groom's mother
wore a gown of mauve lace and
chiffon with pink accessories and
her corsage was of pink corna-
tons. The grandmother of the
groom was lovely in a black
crepe dress with which she used
black accessories and corsage
of pink rose buds.
Following the ceremony a re-
ception was held at the Hough
home on North Congress Street,
Jackson. The reception and din
ing rooms were decorated in
ferns and white chrysanthemums
and stock. The brides table was
covered with a madeira cut work
cloth and at one end was placed
the wedding cake and at the
other was lovely arrangement of
white stock and fern in a low
crystal bowl, flanked by crystal
holders with white candles. The
punch table was covered with a
madeira cloth and the bowl was
surrounded with plumosa fern
/ and stock. The wedding gifts
were displayed on tables around
the room.
Serving at the reception were
Mrs. D. L. Brown, Jackson, Ala
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