Crisp-Dooly-Peach County GaArchives Marriages.....LASSETER, MATTIE - SHEPPARD, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN February 14, 1900
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CORDELE SENTINEL FEB.16,1900
SHEPPARD-LASSETER
PROMPTLY AT 1:00 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF THIS WEEKAT THE LASSETER HOME ON 12TH 
AVE MR. B.F.SHEPPARD AND MISS MATTIE LASSETER WERE JOINED IN THE HOLY BOUNDS 
OF MATRIMONY. REV.FRANK CULPEPPER OF ASHBURN,PERFORMING THE 
MARRIAGE ,PERFORMING THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY .THE HOUSE WAS ARTISTICALLY AND 
BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH VIOLETS,EVERGREENS,AND PALMS.THE LARGE RECEPTION 
HALL WAS COMFORTABLY FILLED WITH RELATIVES AND SELECTED FRIENDS,WHEN THE 
POPULAR COUPLE ENTERED ONE DOOR,WHILE HE WHO MADE THEM MAN AND WIFE ENTERED 
ANOTHER DOOR.
THE BRIDE WORE A HANDSOME BROWN SILK GOWN WITH EERURENCISSANCE APPLIQUE,AND 
NEVER LOKED MORE BEAUTIFUL; WHILE THE GROOM NEVER LOOKED HANDSOMER IN HIS LIFE.
THE PRESENTS WERE NUMEROUS AND HANDSOME AND WE REGRET THAT SPACE WILL NOT 
ALLOW US TO ENUMERATE THEM. ONE OF THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL PRESENTS WAS A ONE 
HUNDRED DOLLAR CHECK ON THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CORDELE TO MRS. B.F.SHEPPARD AND 
SIGNED BY J.A.LASSETER & CO.
THE BRIDE IS THE SISTER OF J.A. LASSETER AND MISS JULIA LASSETER, AND SHE IS 
KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST PRACTICAL, POPULAR YOUNG LADIES IN CORDELE.THE GROOM 
IS THE SON OF DEPUTY SHERIFF G.W. SHEPPARD AND IS ONE OF CORDELE'S 
PRACTICAL,POPULAR AND BUSINESS YOUNG MEN. HE OWNS THE GROCERY STORE OF 
B.F.SHEPPARD & BRO.
SHOWERE WITH RICEFROM THE HANDS OF FRIENDS,THE HAPPY COUPLE LEFT ON THE 2:00 
SOUTHBOUND G S &F TRAINFOR JACKSONVILLE AND OTHER FLORIDA POINTS FOR TEN DAYS 
TOUR, AFTER WHICH THEY WILL BE AT THEIR NEW HOME ON 14TH AVE.
FRIDAY FEB.23,1900
 MR. AND MRS. B.F. SHEPPARD RETURNED SUNDAY FROM THEIR BRIDAL TOUR OF 
THE "LAND OF FLOWERS".

Additional Comments:
SHE WOULD DIE IN CHILDBIRTH.THE COUPLE HAD TWO SONS B.F.JR. AND WARD DUNLOP 
SHEPPARD. THIS IS ROSEMARY SHEPPARD REID'S GRAND PARENTS. BURIED IN SUNNYSIDE 
CEMETARY, HE IS MY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER BY HIS SECOND WIFE PAULINE CAMERON 
SHEPPARD.

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