Madison County GaArchives Marriages.....Harrison, Mary Ayers - DeLay, Thurmond O. March 24, 1946
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Danielsville Monitor, 29 March 1946
HARRISON-DeLAY WEDDING SOLEMNIZED SUNDAY

   The Baptist Church at comer formed the setting Sunday afternoon, March 
24th, at five o'clock for the marriage of Mary Ayers Harrison, daughter of Mr. 
and Mrs. C. B. Ayers, of Comer, to Thurmond O. deLay, of Atlanta.  The 
impressive double ring ceremony was performed by Rev. A. E. Logan, of Athens 
and nuptial music was presented by Miss Lucille Sasser of Comer.
   The altar was banked with ferns, palms, and baskets of white gladioli.  
Cathedral tapers were in even branched candelabra of graduated heights.
   Usher groomsmen were Mr. John O. Lovette and Mr. Clyde W. Crawford, of 
Athens.
   Miss Martha Respess of Atlanta was maid of honor, and the bride's only 
attendant.  She wore an aqua Marquisette dress which featured a sweetheart 
neckline, fitted bodice and a very full skirt.  She carried a showered bouquet 
of pink carnations, snapdragons and blue Dutch iris.
   The popular bride entered with her father Mr. C. B. Ayers by whom she was 
given in marriage, and they were met at the altar by the groom and his best 
man, Mr. George Louis Keith of Atlanta.
   The bride chose for her wedding a white satin dress with fitted bodice, a 
sweetheart neckline, and long pointed sleeves and peplum of lace.  The pearls 
adorning the bodice were those her mother used on her wedding dress.  The full 
skirt ended is a short train and she carried a bride's showered bouquet of 
white rosebuds.  Her only ornament was an antique gold locket which belonged 
to her grandmother.
   After the ceremony a very informal reception was held at the home of the 
bride's parents where lovely arrangements of white Iris and spl____ were 
used.  Assisting in entertaining were Mrs. Emmett Ayers and 
Mrs. Clarence Ayers. 
   The dining table was beautiful with a Chinese embroidery cover.  As a 
central decoration  two crystal cornucopias were filled with white carnations 
and snapdragons and crystal candelabra in graduated heights held burning white 
tapers.
   Mrs. H. J. Whitehead and Mrs. R. T. Eberhardt, Jr. presided at the punch 
bowl.  Assisting in serving were the bride's cousins, Mrs. Ben Stephenson and 
Mrs. George Brown of Toccoa.
   After a short wedding trip the bride and groom will reside in Atlanta where 
the bride is a member of the high school faculty of Atlanta City schools, and 
the groom is in business.
   Out of town guests included Mrs. S. _. Keith, Mrs. J. O. Lovette, Mrs. Mary 
T. de Lay, Mr. and Mrs. James R. deLay and James and Richard deLay; Mr. and 
Mrs. W. R. deLay and Billy and Edwin deLay of Atlanta: Mrs. and Mrs. Reuben 
Martin and son of Carlton; Mrs. and Mrs. T. W. Porterfield of Colbert; Judge 
and Mrs. J. T. Murry, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Griffeth, Mrs. D. A. Moseley and Mrs. 
John Burroughs of Danielsville; Dr. and Mrs. S. E. Ayers, Dr. and Mrs. C. L. 
Ayers, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. Ben Stephenson and Mr. Billy Ayers, of 
Toccoa.


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