Wilcox County AlArchives Marriages.....Minnie McDaniel Miller - James Heustis Jones June 5 1907
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Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, June 6, 1907
  The marriage of Dr. James Heustis Jones to Miss Minnie McDaniel Miller 
occurred at eight o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) evening at the Associate 
Reformed Presbyterian Church in Camden. The contracting parties are two of our 
most popular young people who represent two of the oldest and most highly 
respected families in this section. On account of going to press early a full 
account of the affair will be given in next weeks paper.


Wilcox Progressive Era, Thursday, June 13, 1907
Pretty Church Wedding.
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Popular Young Couple at the Marriage Alter
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"She is mine own;
And I as rich in having such a jewel,
As twenty seas, if all their sands were pearl,
The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold."
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  A wedding, an event of notable prominence, not alone in social circles of 
Camden, but throughout this part of the state where both the bride and groom 
are most popular, took place in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church in 
Camden, Wednesday evening, June 5th, when Miss Minnie Miller and Dr. James 
Heustis Jones were united in marriage by Rev. E. B. Kennedy, of South Carolina.
  Long before the hour set for the ceremony the large edifice was filled to its 
utmost capacity with a representative gathering from Camden and surrounding 
towns. The church was beautifully decorated with stately palms and graceful 
ferns and formed an effective back-ground for the wedding party, with its color 
tones of pink, white and green.
  A few minutes before 8:30 o'clock, the hour set for the ceremony, the organ, 
presided over by Miss Annie Mae Jones, peeled forth the notes of the bridal 
chorus, heralding the approach of the bridal party, led by the ushers, Mr. W. 
B. Dale, Mr. J. Paul Jones, Dr. W. B. Jones and Dr. I. B. Foster, followed by 
the four bride's maids, the maid of honor, the ring bearer, little Miss 
Margaret Miller, who looked exceedingly sweet in a lingerie dress of grand-
mother swiss, who was accompanied by Master Paul Jones as cushion bearer, and 
the little flower girl, Lena Miller, who looked dainty and quaint in her dress 
of embroidered muslim with a basket of beautiful white carnations on her arm. 
She preceeded the bride who came in with her father, Mr. J. N. Miller, and who 
were joined at the alter by the groom and his best man, Mr. Bonner Miller, of 
Birmingham, and beneath a crown of flowers, suspended from a chandalier, the 
sacred rights of the Presbyterian marriage service was pronounced in an 
impressive way by the officiating clergyman.
  The grouping of the bridal party, as they formed around the alter was most 
picturesque. The maid of honor, Miss Annie Brice Miller, sister of the bride, 
in an embroidered muslim gown over green satin, with green gloves and shoes and 
carrying a boquet of ferns, tied with loops of green chiffon, and the bride's 
maids, Misses Irene Emory, of Ashville, Ala., Effie Hodges, of Ashville, Ala., 
Sara Dale, of Oak Hill, Ala., and Sallie Belle Bonner, of Camden, Ala., in 
their lingerie dresses of grand-mother swiss, over white silk, with green 
empire girdles and wreaths of pink roses in their dark hair and boquets of 
white peonies and smilax, made an exceedingly beautiful picture. The bride 
never looked more radiently beautiful. Her importod gown of lace, over 
mosseline, was most becoming. The veil of tulle, with its wreath of valley 
lillies, was fastened with a sunburst of diamonds, the gift of the groom.
  From the church the bridal party were driven to the elegant colonial home of 
Hon. J. N. Miller, where the stately old mansion was in bridal attire, and 
where about two hundred guests were gathered to extend felicitations and enjoy 
the wedding reception. The hall was simply and beautifully decorated in palms, 
and scarlet salvia and the stair-case garlaned in smilax. It was here that Mr. 
and Mrs. J. N. Miller were assisted in receiving their guests in the impressive 
anti-bellum style, by Judge and Mrs. B. M. Miller and Rev. and Mrs. R. L. 
Robinson.
  The first hour of the reception was given over to congratulations of the 
bride and groom, who, with the bridal party, received in the parlor, which was 
a veritable bower of floral beauty, with its effective decorations of palms, 
boquets of peonies and garlands of Boston smilax.
  The dining room, where the white scheme of decoration was carried out, had a 
beauty all its own. The bride's table, with its cluny lace cover, was the 
center of attraction. A basket of valley lillies formed the center-piece, and 
cut glass and silver candelebra, with green candles and shades in white lily 
effect, and fleecy white tulle, enhanced its loveliness. The cake, and ices, 
which were served in lily cups, also carrying out the white idea, was served by 
a bevy of pretty young girls and matrons, who also presented each guest with a 
souvenir, a box tied with white ribbon and embossed with the bride's initials, 
containing wedding cake.
  In the library an immense bowl of fruit punch, which was artistically and 
beautifully decorated with natural grapes and foliage, was presided over by 
Mrs. T. W. Jones and Mrs. J. B. McWilliams. It was here that the hundreds of 
handsome presents of beautiful and costly silver, cut glass, bohemian ware, 
china and marble, were displayed, which only expressed in a small way the 
esteem and friendship this young couple enjoy.
  An elegantly bound copy of a "Brides Album" was completely filled with the 
names of the wedding guests.
  A little before eleven o'clock the bride disappeared only to reappear a 
little later in an elegant and stylish travelling suit of blue voile, over 
silk, with hat to match, and who left with the groom for the Jones' residence 
on Canton avenue, leaving there the next morning and taking the south-bound 
train for the springs in Mississippi, where they will stay for a short time, 
when they will go north and east on a bridal trip of some weeks, on their 
return from which they will be at home with Dr. Jones' mother, Mrs. J. P. 
Jones, on Canton avenue.
  The bride is one of our choicest young ladies. From a little girl she has 
grown up in our midst, loved by old and young alike. She has ever been a bright 
star in the home circle, and now she has gone to reign as queen in her own 
home.
  The groom is from one of our best families and is considered one of the 
rising young physicians in this section of the state.
  It is a pleasure to chronicle such a happy event, and the Era is greatly 
pleased to add its hearty good wishes and congratulations to those so freely 
extended.



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