Grace Kay Gravolet and Daniel Priestly of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Darnell Brunner Beck



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	Miss Grace Kay Gravolet became the bride of Mr. Daniel Howard 
Priestly during a candlelight cere mony solemnized at the Jesuit Church 
in New Orleans, the evening of August 6th, with the Rev. Hilton L. Rivet 
officiating at the nuptial mass.

	The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Ezekiel Windfield Gravolet, Jr. of 
Pointe a la Hache, and the late Senator Gravolet, Parents of the groom are 
Mr. and Mrs. David Corley Priestly of Btaithwaite.

	The bride's grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiei Windfield 
Gravolet, Sr. and Mrs. Lloyd J. Miller and the late Mr Miller. The groom's 
grandparents are the, late Mr. and Mrs. Howard P. Hingle and the late Mr. 
Austin Priestly, and the late Mrs. Levie Dial Rogers.

	The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Mr. King Austin Yawn, 
wore a white silkened organdy gown, featuring a wedding band neckline, 
natural waistline, and cap sleeves. The gown was appliqued with candlelight
Alencon lace and white Venise lace daiseys. The hemline and train were 
edged In Venise lace, and she wore a matching cathedral length white 
mantilla.

	She carried a cascading bouquet of stephonotis blossoms, phaleonopsis
spray orchids, lilies of the valley, and Ivy.

	Miss Gayle Marceline Gravolet, sister of the bride, was maid of 
honor. Bridesmaids were Misses Belinda Brown, Patricia Cran, Gail Hufft, 
Sard Kirspel and Beth Lewis. The junior bridesmaid was Ami Fox, niece and 
Godchild of the qroom. Miss Allison Fox, niece of the groom was flower 
girl.

	The bridesmaids and the junior bridesmaid wore dusty rose quiana 
gowns with a soft draped neck line and cape-fashioned sleeves. The brides
maid carried cascading bouquets of white cymbidium oechids, red garnet 
sweetheart roses, stephonotis, babybreath and english ivy.

	The junior bridesmaid carried a nosegay of the same flowers. 

	Mr. David Austin Priestly, brother of the groom, served as best man. 
The qroomsmen were Messrs. Dale Fox, brother-in-law of the groom; Joe 
Copus, Allen Darden, Donald Hazel, and Edward Pittman. Shane Ansardi, 
Cousin of the groom, was ring bearer.

	Ushers were Messrs. David Pnestly; father of the groom; Billy Hingle,
cousin of the groom; Wayne Hebert, cousin of the bride; and Lawrence Tabony.

	At a reception in the Grand Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, New 
Orleans, Mrs. Gravolet received her guests in a flowing mint green chiffon, 
floor-length dress with hand painted roses and butterflies. Her corsage was 
a green orchid. She was assisted by the groom's mother, who chose for her 
son's wedding a floor length gown of copen blue draped chiffon and a white 
cymbidium orchid.

	Mrs. Lloyd Miller of Tarpon Springs, Florida, gandmother of the bride,
wore a coral pleated chiffon with a white orchid.

	Following a honeymoon in Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida, the couple 
took up residence in Metairie. The groom graduated from Louisiana State 
University in August in Chemical engineering and Is employed by Exxon in 
New Orleans. The bride will graduate from Louisiana State University in 
December in accounting.