Spalding County GaArchives Marriages.....Crouch, Virginia - Freeman, James Thrash November 6, 1924
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The Atlanta Constitution, November 8, 1924
The Atlanta Constitution
Saturday, November 8, 1924
Page Fourteen

Georgia Weddings Center Interest of Many Atlantans

Griffin, Ga., November 7 – The wedding of Miss Virginia Crouch and James 
Thrash Freeman was a beautiful event of Thursday evening, solemnized at the 
home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Otis Crouch, at 8 o’clock, 
the Rev. Dr. Leon M. Latimer officiating.

The drawing room where the ceremony was performed was banked with palms and 
ferns and flanked by a tall white pedestal on either side on which was a 
basket of gorgeous white chrysanthemums.

Immediately before the ceremony Solon Drunkenmiller sang two tenor solos.  At 
the strains of Mendelsshon’s wedding march the bridal party came down the long 
stairway and entered the drawing room.

Wedding Party:

Mrs. W.B. Kee, of Atlanta, sister of the groom, was matron of honor.  She was 
gowned in pink georgette beaded in pearls with a side train of broad pink 
satin ribbon.  Her flowers were pink chrysanthemums.

Miss Mary Leila Patterson, Miss Jessie Pearl Rice, of Griffin and Mrs. Frank 
Simmons, of Statesboro, were the bridesmaids.  They wore orchid georgette 
beaded in pearls with a side train of orchid ribbon and carried chrysanthemums.

Little Misses Joe Lorraine Estes, Evelyn Estes and Doris Crouch, of Gay, were 
the flower girls.  They wore pink tulle and lace and carried small bouquets of 
roses with valley lilies.

Masters Powell Groner, Jr., of Larchmont, N.Y. and little Miss Sue Thomas, in 
white chiffon, carried the rings.

Morris Crouch, of Michigan City, Ind., brother of the bride, was the 
groomsman.  The bride’s younger brothers, Robert Otis, Jr. and Edward Smith 
Crouch were junior groomsmen.
 
Bride’s Gown

The bride entered with her father, Robert Otis Crouch and was met at the altar 
by the groom and his best man, Frank Freeman, of Atlanta.

The bride was beautiful in her wedding gown of Callot satin, which was an 
exquisite creation, trimmed with a cascade of wide duchess lace.  A side train 
of broad satin ribbon was tied at the waistline with loops of ribbon caught 
with orange blossoms.  The back of the gown had a big butterfly of pearls and 
gathered in the tips of the butterfly wings was a long train made entirely of 
duchess lace.  The tulle veil was in three tiers, the bottom tier ended with 
valley lilies, and the upper tiers caught with orange blossoms.  She carried a 
shower bouquet of pink orchids and valley lilies.

A brilliant reception followed the ceremony.  The bride’s table was overlaid 
with imported lace pieces from Holland, the centerpiece being a fountain 
playing over small green lights surrounded by pink and white roses, 
chrysanthemums, white jasmines and smilax.  

Seated at the bride’s table were Mr. and Mrs. James Freeman, Otis Barnes, Miss 
Mary Leila Patterson, John Morrow, Miss Jesse Pearl Rice, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. 
Kee, Dr. Kenneth Hunt, Miss Louise Freeman, Morris Crouch, Mrs. Frank Simmons, 
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freeman.

Mrs. Robert Otis Crouch, mother of the bride, wore an imported gown of fuschia 
shaded crepe beaded in squares and silver sequins, trimmed in orchid tulle and 
ostrich, and a corsage bouquet of Killarney roses.

Mrs. Mary Freeman, mother of the groom was gowned in black lace and satin.  
Her corsage bouquet was of pink Columbia roses.

Mrs. Parks Walker, Mrs. Robin Wheaton and Mrs. William H. Beck, Jr., served 
punch on the enclosed porch.

Mr. and Mrs. Freeman left later in the evening for their wedding trip to 
Florida, after which they will make their home in Griffin.


Additional Comments:
Transcriber's note: I'm not related to or researching the Crouch or Freeman 
families.

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