Pike-Lamar County GaArchives Marriages.....Jones, Alma - Owen, Emmett Marshall July 27, 1904
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Barnesville News-Gazette, Barnesville, Ga., Thursday, August 4, 1904
Hon. E.M. Owens Becomes a Benedict

The many friends of our representative will be interested to learn of his 
marriage which occurred last week. He has many well wishers in this city and 
county who extend congratulations.

His bride will receive a cordial welcome when she comes to make this county her 
home. The following paragraph from last Thursdays Constitution will tell of his 
marriage.

“The house adopted a very interesting resolution relative to the disappearance 
from the city of Hon. E.M. Owen, of Pike, who had absented himself from the 
house without leave for the purpose of embarking upon the sea of matrimony, 
that the speaker will be authorized to send the sergeant at arms and a 
committee to find the said absent member and bring him before the bar of the 
house. In the event of the failure of the arresting party to find the offending 
member, it was provided that the house congratulate the gentleman from Pike and 
extend its sympathy to the bride. It was resolved that the speaker be 
authorized to telegraph a copy of these resolutions to the bride. Speaker 
Morris introduced the resolution, and Speaker Pro Tem. Howard declared it 
passed by a vote of 175 to 0. The resolution caused much amusement. Mr. Owens 
was married last night at Greenville, Meriwether county, to Miss Alma Jones, 
one of Greenville’s most charming and popular young ladies. His many friends in 
the house will extend him the warmest congratulations upon his return.”

Additional Comments:
Benedict - "a newly married man who has long been a bachelor"

At East View Cemetery, Pike County, Georgia:
Owen, Alma Jones, b. Dec. 25, 1881, d. Jan. 19, 1928
Owen, Emmett Marshall, b. Oct. 19, 1877, d. June 21, 1939

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