| Austin-Moody Marriage
A Wedding in Marshall, Texas
The Dallas Morning News
Dec. 18, 1903
Wedding At Marshall
Harold Ely Moody of Sherman and
Miss Erie Willis Austin of Marshall
Are Married.
Special To the News,
Marsahll, Tex, Dec 17 - Harold Ely Moody of Sherman and Miss Erie
Willis Austin of this city were married here last night at the First
Methodist Church, at 8:30 o'clock.
It was one of the prettiest weddings that has occured in Marshall
for a number of years, and there never has been a wedding here at
which so many out-of-town people were in attendance.
MISS ERIE W AUSTIN OF MARSHALL
Promptly at the hour named Mrs Edwin Richardson sand "Heaven
Hath Shed a Tear." A few minutes later the choir sang the bridal
chorus from "Lohengrin," and the bridal party entered,
preceded by little Misses Marguerite Dale of Dallas and Mamie Whaley
of this city, who advanced and held the floral gates open on either
side as the bridal party passed to the altar. They were closely
followed by little Miss Laura Belle DeVogoelee of Sherman, bearing
a large bunch of flowers.
The bridal party wended its way up the aisle of the church to the
altar where a few minutes later Rev. J B K Spain made Mr Moody and
Miss Austin man and wife.
The church was decorated with sea moss and palms, and the birdal
couple stood under an arch of green vine, from which three white
bells were suspended.
After the ceremony, the bridal party held a reception at the residence
of the bride's mother, Mrs Erie Austin, after which they left on
the
early morning train for St Louis.
Harold Ely Moody is the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas A Moody of Sherman,
in which city he was born.
Miss Erie Austin is the youngest daughter of Mrs Erie Austin of
this city, and was born and raised in this city.
The following ladies and gentlemen composed the bridal party: Miss
Mary Moody, Sherman, maid of honor; bridesmaids, Miss Hattie Rogers
of Shreveport, Miss Casey McCollough of Longview, Miss Rose Youree
of Shreveport, Miss Emily Kretz of Fort Worth, Miss Maydee Leachman
of Dallas, Miss Mamie Copeland, Cliff Elgin, Mary Steele Blocker
of this city; Charles Moody, best man, Sherman; groomsmen, Tom Hopson
of Sherman, Will Ely of Sherman, Edward Brownlee of Bonham and James
Ginocchio, Fred Reynolds, Lee Hawley, Will Pierce and Vernon McCollough
of this city; ushers, Dan Copeland, Harry Eccleston, W Y Allen and
Terrell Lively.
The following out-of-town people were present: Mr and Mrs S L Dale,
Dallas; Mr and Mrs De Vogelee, Sherman; Mr and Mrs T A Moody, parents
of the groom, Sherman; Mr and Mrs Henry Youree, Dr and Mrs J P Scott,
and Mr and Mrs Pete Youree of Shreveport; James A Dorsey of Dallas. |