MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT

GEORGIA LEE MULDROW
AND
GADDIS WAYMAN GILMER
JUNE 7, 1932


The Anderson Independent
Anderson, South Carolina
Issue of Wed. morn., June 8, 1932
p.2 col.A-B

SOCIETY & VARIETY

MISS GEORGIA L. MULDROW BECOMES BRIDE
GADDIS GILMER IN BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY

A wedding beautifully planned and charmingly carried out in every detail was that of Miss Georgia Lee Muldrow and Gaddis Gilmer, which took place Tuesday evening in the Presbyterian church in the presence of a brilliant gathering of friends and relatives. Joining two families of social prominence, this wedding was of unusual interest to a large circle of friends both in this state and in North Carolina, where the young couple will make their future home.

The church presented a scene of unusual beauty with tall stately palms and banks of ferns forming a background for the floor baskets of white lilies. over the whole scene was shed the radiance of many unshaded candles, making it a picture of indescribable beauty, when completed with the lovely pastel shades of the costumes of the bridesmaids.

Mrs. L.O. Clinkscales presided at the organ, accompanying the violinist, Prof. Webb von Haasseln, giving a beautiful musical program preceding the ceremony. Mrs. William J. Muldrow sang "Thine Alone"; Ralph Land, "Because", and Messrs. Land and Edmond Webb a duet, "All for Thee".

As the sweet strains of the wedding march sounded through the silence of the night, the bridal party entered the church, down each aisle, and took their places in a crescent shaped group to await the coming of the lovely bride.

Entering singly, one down each aisle, they came in the following order: James McCoy, Charlotte, and Harvey Dickson; Miss Margaret Linley and Miss Marjorie Miller, of Morganton, N.C.; Louis Farmer and William Strong, of Charlotte; Miss Sara Townsend and Mrs. Robert Ariail of Laurens; George Wilkinson, of Charlotte, and Louis Glenn; Misses Anne Blake and Frances Harper of Greenwood; William Goldsmith, of Greenville, and Alex Copeland of Charlotte; Mr. William Goldsmith, of Greenville, and Miss Theodosia Brock; Donald Brown and James Kuykendall, of Charlotte; Miss Winnie Frazer, of Charlotte, and Miss Josephine Anderson; Fred Pearman and Fred Ledbetter, Miss Elizabeth Gilmer and Miss Jess Tolly Muldrow.

Each of the bridesmaids wore exquisite gowns of pink silk net over pink taffeta with sashes, mitts and slippers of blue. They carried arm bouquets of pink Briarcliff roses with ciel blue delphiniums, tied with pink and blue maline.

Next to enter was Mr. and Mrs. William J. Muldrow, of Ft. Meade, Florida, parents of the bride, who proceeded down each aisle, crossed and stood together on the left. Mrs. Muldrow wore an attractive gown of pink lace and carried an armful of pink gladioli. Mrs. George M. Tolly, grandmother of the bride, was dame of honor, and entered alone, wearing a lovely gown of gray lace over pink taffeta, carrying pink gladioli. A sweet sentiment connected with this is that Mrs. Tolly was dame of honor at the wedding of her daughter, the bride's mother, Mrs. Muldrow.

The maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth Muldrow, wore a lovely gown of blue silk net over taffeta, with pink mitts, sash and slippers. She carried a large bouquet of pink roses with pink maline streamers.

The two little junior maids, Marguerite McGee, of Spartanburg, Beverly Bailes, of Greenville, entered together, one down each aisle, and were followed by the junior groomsmen, Fred Tolly, Jr., and Ricky Todd. The tiny maids wore dainty gowns, exact duplicates of the maids, and carried miniature nosegays of sweet peas and delphinium. The small groomsmen each wore full dress suits. Little Miss Barbara Tolly was a picturesque little maid in her long gown of pink silk point de sprit with blue slippers and sash. She too carried a miniature bouquet of pink sweet peas and delphinium.

The beautiful bride wore an exquisite gown of white satin, with long princess lines, en train. Her filmy graceful veil of real lace was caught in cap shape with orange blossoms around her face. Her bouquet was a handsome sheaf of lilies with streamers that reached the floor. She entered on the arm of her grandfather, George M. Tolly, and met the groom and his best man, his brother, Ed Gilmer, at the altar.

Here the sweet and solemn ceremony, with the ring, was performed by Dr. R.J. Kirkpatrick, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, and Dr. W.H. Frazer, president of Queens College, who, while pastor of the church here had married the bride's parents. Mrs. Gilmer as Miss Muldrow has been one of Anderson's most popular and best loved young women. Coming of a family of charming and gracious women, she has inherited the winning personality of her forbears and is loved and admired wherever she is known. She is a graduate of Converse College where she was leader in all the school activities. Following her graduation she spent a summer abroad, traveling in many of the countries of Europe. Mrs. Gilmer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Gilmer of this city and for many years made Anderson his home. Since graduating at Presbyterian College, Clinton, he has been making his home in Charlotte, and it is there that the young couple will go after a wedding trip to make their future home.