Mrs. Lenwood E. Edwards
. .She was Miss Valeria Williamson
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Weds Lenwood Edwards
Valeria Renae Williamson and
Lenwood E. Edwards were recently
united in marriage in an impres
'siva^twelve o'clock ceremony at
Trinity AME Zion Church. Dr.
Joseph Johnson heard the vows
pledged by the couple.
The bride, who is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Williamson
of Charlotte, was given in marriage
by her father. Mrs. Edwards wore a
formal candlelight gown of satin and
French imported re-embroidered
Alencon, designed with a natural
waist, bishop puffed sleeves and a
mandarin neekline. The entire
bodice and sleeves were overlaid
with motifs from the Alencon Ihpo
The sheer yoke of French marqui
sett waa outlined with the scalloped
lace, as was the mandarin collar.
Iridescent and seed pearls were
lavishly used in the pattern work of
the lace design. The very full bias
cut skirt held an attached cathedral
train, the entire hemline of which
was bordered in wide scalloped lace.
The motif of this lace was also used
in the'intricate pattern work on the
front and back of the gown. The
headpiece, a small Juliet cap of lace
"appliques and seed pearls, held a
French imported sheer cathedral
length illusion.
The groom is the son of Mrs.
Minnie L. Edwards and the late Mr.
Bennie P. Edwards, of Snow Hill,
NC.
The bride’s honor attendant was
Ms. Lolita Watkins of Greensboro.
Best man was Mr. Kenneth Frone
berger of Gastonia. Other
attendants at the ceremony were
Mr. Fred Lewis of Detroit,
Michigan; Mr. James Lewis, Mrs.
Audred Shields, Ms. Joyce Melton,
Dr. Marc Nesi, Mr. Donald Vines,
Mr. Jacob Riley and Master George
Durham Jr., of Greensboro; Mr.
Leonard Phillips of Snow Hill; and
Ms. Yvette Houey of Charlotte.
Hostesses were Karen Ay cock,
Nancy Johnson, Diane Thomas,
Sharon Donnell, Gail Saunders,
Alice Barbee, Marquita White and
Sylvia Byrd of Greensboro; Edwina
Evans of Fayetteville; and Ruth
Walker of Shelby, NC.
Honorary hostesses were the
Charlotte chapter of “Chums, Inc.”
Hoots included Frederick Shields
III, William Finger, Paul Aycock,
and David Green.
Directresses were Mrs. Pat
Finger and Ms. Jackie Shaffner.
Mrs. Danetta Florence-Bristow,
vocalist, sang “I Love Thee,” “Ave
Maria," and “The Lord’s Prayer.”
Mrs. Annie Diggs was the organist.
A rehearsal party was held at the
home of Justice and Mrs. Henry
Frye in Greensboro. A dance
reception with punch, champagne,
a ad hors d’oeuvrcs, given by the
bride’s parents, was held at the
Bkmdwood Carriage House, with
music by the Jimmy Person
Quartet.
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The bride graduated with honors
from Garinger High School. She
graduated magna cum laude from
the University of North Carolina
Greensboro, with a B.A. degree in
speech pathology and audiology. She
has a masters degree in speech
pathology and is employed as a
speech and language pathologist
with the Greensboro City School
System.
The groom graduated with honors
Snow Hill and from Jotmon C.
Smith University with a B.8. in
health and physical education and a
minor in biological science He
received masters degrees from
Springfield College in Beaton,
Massachusetts, and from A*T State
University, Greensboro. Mr.
Edwards Is employed as an
elementary school principal in the
Greensboro City School System.
After a wedding trip to St. Tho
mas, Virgin Islands, the couple will
make their home in Greensboro.
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Older People Are Protected Against Abuse, Neglect
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Special To The Post
Abuse, neglect, pxploit - these are
words that no one wants to use when
talking about older adults. However,
__J°^ad«Lti_TjaMdipabled adults of
all ages - have been abused,
neglected and exploited. To help
-change these cooditona there is a
state law called the Protection of the
Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
Adult Act. ' '
When first enacted in 197V this law
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applied only to abused and neglect
ed adults aged 65 and older. In 1975 it
was expanded to include disabled
adults of any age and to also deal
with problems of exploitation. Man
d*tPry reporting of abuses was
added, and is now one of the law’s
main features.
The problem of abuse, neglect and
exploitation is larger than anyone
realizes and is difficult to pinpoint.
Several years ago a subcommittee
of the General Assembly attempted
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to investigate abuse of older people.
No older person would come forward
to complain. There seemed to be
several reasons for this:fear of
reprisal, embarrassment that their
own children would abuse them,
fear that if they had to leave their
children’s residence, there may be
no place for them to go.
Some older people are simply
neglected, given less food or fewer
clothes than they need, or left
without the means to call for assist
ance. This neglect can cause ill
ness and in severe cases death.
Sadly, a bad relationship between a
parent and child may emerge when
the caretaker roles are reversed.
Financial exploitation usually in
volves a family member. Sometimes
an older, feeble adult is pressured to
give up his estate. He is dependent
and vulnerable and will usually do
as the caretaker suggests.
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