Newton-Walton County GaArchives Marriages.....Anderson, Miss Mary Brown - Upshaw, Daniel Hess June 1917
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The Covington News, July 5, 1917
MISS MARY B. ANDERSON WEDS MR. D. H. UPSHAW
ATTRACTIVE COVINGTON GIRL AND POPULAR MONROE MAN JOINED FORTUNES IN BRILLIANT
WEDDING.
  The marriage of Miss Mary Brown Anderson, of Covington, and Mr. Daniel Hess
Upshaw of Monroe, took place on Thursday afternoon at  5 o'clock at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lee, of Conyers street.
  The ______ _____ _______ _____ _____ handsome colonial home was thrown 
together and elaborately decorated in pink roses, sweet peas and smilax.
  The ceremony took place before an improvised altar of green, flanked by four 
white pedestals holding baskets of sweet peas and silver candelabra.
  Miss Martha White Anderson, only sister of the bride, was maid of honor, and 
the four bridesmaids were Miss Eleanor Wilcox, of Rome, Miss Natalie Turner,
of Covington, Miss Glennie Hancock, of Marietta, and Miss Irene Shaw, of
Cartersville.
  The ribbon bearers were little Miss Ora Upshaw and Master John McCarley.
The flower girls were Caroline Lee and Helen Bonner. Kirk Swann was ring 
bearer and Claud Broach was train bearer. The best man was Mr. W. F. Upshaw,
of Raleigh, N. C., brother of the groom, and the groomsmen were Messrs. Charles
Williams, Rufus Franklin, Berrien Upshaw and James Lester.
  Mr. J. B. Upshaw, father of the groom, married the couple with the ring
ceremony.
  The bride's costume was made after a Lady Duff-Gordon model in Georgette
crepe and tulle. Both the skirt and bodice were trimmed with cordings of 
satin and garlands of lace, caught with orange blossoms, and carried a bouquet
of bride's roses showered with valley lillies.
  The maid of honor wore a frock of pink Georgette crepe over silver tissue with
silver trimmings and a large hat of pink chiffon. Her flowers were pink roses.
  The bride's maids wore dresses and large hats in the pastel shades and carried
gilded staffs tied with bouquets of sweet peas and tulle bows. The little flower
girls and the ribbon bearers wore dainty white dresses trimmed with tiny
bunches of pink and blue flowers and blue ribbons.
  Mrs. H. B. Anderson, mother of the bride, wore grey charmeuse with a corsage
bouquet of lavender sweet peas.
  Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Upshaw left for a motor trip to
Wrightsville Beach, and other points of interest in North Carolina. The bride
wore a handsome suit of navy blue satin with a black hat.
   Miss Irene Shaw, of Cartersville, cut the ring in the bride's cake, and also
caught the bride's bouquet. The bride's maids were suite mates of the bride
at Shorter College, and  all the children in the bridal party with the exception
of Caroline Lee and John McCarley, were nieces and nephews of the groom.


Additional Comments:
The last paragraph was for the most part unreadable. It lists the out of town
guests. Here are the names that are readable.
Mrs. J. T. Corley
Miss Pauline Corley
Miss Frances Mason
Miss Annie Laurie Jefferson of Columbus
Mrs. Dave Bailey and Mrs. Dean Bailey of Social Circle
Mrs. E. S. Herndon and family, Social Circle

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