Talbot County GaArchives News.....Capt. & Mrs. W.J. Raines Wedding Anniversary Celebration May 6 1909 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com September 24, 2003, 10:18 pm The Talbotton New Era The Talbotton New Era Thursday, May 6, 1909 Page 3 An affair fraught with tender sentiment and rare charm was the celebration of the wedding anniversary of Capt. and Mrs. Wilkins Jackson Raines on Saturday. This was a beautiful courtesy planned by their loving, loyal daughter, Miss Nannie Raines. And while it was not the fiftieth anniversary, it was a golden one. The years that have fallen across the pathway of this noble couple have been crowned by a devoted family, whose usefulness and influence have been felt, not only in these United States but also on foreign shores. To them their hosts of friends would inscribe these words: To love and be loved – ah, this, Of human fortune, human bliss This truth, by love divinely taught, Your hearts, like threads of gold have wrought.” The dainty luncheon table was very attractive. The table, with its snowy napery and great bowl of Mareschal Niel roses, the cream that rivaled the blossoms in golden tint, and so rich and mellow in flavor, the rare old fruit cake brought to mind that old wedding day long gone by when all the beauty and chivalry of Talbot County assembled to rejoice in the happy union of Miss Elizabeth Dixon and Mr. Wilkins Jackson Raines, members of two of Georgia’s most distinguished families. About a half century has past since that brilliant occasion, and “where is now the merry party, some have gone to lands far distant and with strangers made their home. There are still some few remaining who remind us of the past.” The company was not so goodly, as in those other days, but the wishes for them were as whole-souled and heartfelt. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb