Schley-Sumter-Marion County GaArchives Marriages.....Wells, Josephine  - Hart, James June 25, 1938
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The Ellaville Sun  Friday, July 1, 1938  Vol. 2, No. 1
MISS WELLS AND MR. HART UNITED AT LOVELY RITES
The wedding of Miss Josephine Wells and Mr. James Hart was solemnized Saturday 
at twelve o'clock at Friendship Baptist Church in Sumter County.  For this 
occasion the church was beautifully decorated with an altar banked with pines, 
palms, ferns and southern smilax, forming a lovely setting for the wedding 
party.

Rev. John R. Joyner of Americus was assisted by Rev. R.L. Bivins of Cusseta in 
performing the ceremony.  The bride-elect was given in marrigae by her father, 
Mr. T.C. Wells and the groom had as his best man his brother Wiley Hart.  Miss 
Wells chose as her maid of honor, her only sister, Miss Doris Wells of 
Friendship.

The bridesmaids included Misses Annie Rose Brooks, Virginia Hirshburg, Mary 
Pierce Murray of Buena Vista and Miss Gene Clark of Opelika, Ala.  The Junior 
bridesmaids were Miss Mary Ann Crawford, cousin of the groom and Miss Jewel 
Sadue.  The flower girls were Jane Chappell and Betty Dodson, cousins of the 
bride.

The ushers included Scott Hart, brother of the groom; Sim Boyette, Turner 
Williams Jr., Benny Rainey and Roswell Hair, all of Buena Vista. 

Mrs. Walker Williams, pianist of Buena Vista, furnished the wedding music.  
Miss Nellene Harris and Johnny Lowe of Buena Vista played, "The Sweetest Story 
Ever Told" on violins made by the brides uncle, Mr. L.G. Cranford of Plains.  
The groom's brother, emmett Hart of Tampa, sang "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life."  

Immediately following the impressive ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Hart were tendered 
a wedding breakfast by Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Miles, the grooms parents, at the 
home of Mr. and Mrs. l.G. Cranford in Plains to which a number of friends were 
invited.

Mr. and Mrs. Hart left on a trip to the mountains of Tennessee and the 
Carolinas.  Upon their return they will be at home to their friends at the 
Hart home on the Concord-Ellaville Highway near Friendship.



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