Madison County GaArchives Marriages.....Thompson, Eula Ruth - Ryder, Donald G. August 11, 1946
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Danielsville Monitor,  16 August 1946


MISS EULA RUTH THOMPSON WEDS MR. DONALD G. RYDER


   Dignified simplicity marked the wedding of Miss Eula Ruth Thompson of 
Danielsville, and Mr. Donald G. Ryder of San Jose, California, and Albany, 
which was solemnized on Sunday, August 11, at high noon at the Methodist 
Church.
    Rev. Ray C. Owen of Smyrna, Georgia, a former pastor of the bride, 
performed the impressive double ring ceremony.  In the presence of a small 
group of relatives and friends.
    Prior to and during the wedding, Mrs. R. H. Gordon presented a number of 
appropriate musical selections.
   The interior of the church was attractively decorated with lovely Wood___ 
ferns and Southern smilax, forming a rich green foliage for the large floor 
baskets of white gladioli and seven branched candelabra in which were tall 
white waxen tapers.  Amid these attractive decorations the impressive vows 
were spoken.
   Miss Emma Jean McCay and Miss Janie Lee Sorrells, cousins of the bride 
lighted the candles which cast a soft glow over the church.
   Mrs. William A. Thompson of Athens, was matron of honor, and her only 
attendant.  She was gowned in a soft grey crepe with matching accessories and 
her flowers were pink roses.
   Mr. William A. Thompson, only brother of the bride, was best man.
   The bride was given in marriage by her father, and her blond beauty was 
enhanced by her attractive street length  dress of ice blue jersey, fashioned 
on graceful lines.  She wore a small off the face hat of shell pink French 
felt with matching gloves and other accessories.  A white orchid completed her 
costume.
   Mrs. Ryder is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Thompson of 
Danielsville, Georgia.  She is a graduate of Madison County High School and 
attended Georgia State College for Women at Milledgeville 
where she received an A. B. degree.
   Since her release from the Navy, where she served two years, she has been a 
Link Trainer Instructor with the Gate City Air Service in Atlanta.
   The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Ryder of San Jose , 
California.  He is a graduate of San Jose High School, and was attending 
college when he entered the Navy where he served two years. Since he received 
his discharge, he has been flying with Albany Airways.
   Mrs. Thompson, mother of the bride, were a teal blue crepe with black 
accessories, and her flowers were pink roses. 
   Immediately after the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson entertained the 
wedding party and out of town guests at their home with a buffet luncheon.  
the home was most attractive with quantities of garden flowers.
   During the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Ryder left for a wedding trip going by 
plane to Panama City, Florida.  She donned for traveling a smart suit of white 
sharkskin with black accessories.  She wore an orchid.  On Their return they 
will be at home to their friends in Albany, Ga.  Out of town guests were Miss 
Mary Hutcheson of Atlanta; Miss Jeanette McCay of Spartanburg, S. C.; Mr. and 
Mrs. Clyde Nelms of Athens; Mr. and Mrs. John G. Thompson and Mrs. Rosena 
Thompson of Jefferson, Ga; and Mrs. and Mrs. William Birdsong of Athens, Ga.


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