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Weekend guests oí Mrs.
Roy V. Shearin were Mr
and Mrs FYederick Benton
and daughter, San. oí
Aiken, S. C., Rooald Shearin
of Charlotte. Edward
Shearin al Raleigh and
Carolyn Shearin of Cha peí
Hill.
Mr and Mrs Zeb St.
Sing and Mr. and Mrs.
Krnest Bolton were weekend
guests of Mrs Walter
Jones in Virginia Beach,
Va.
Mrs W Duke Jones
speiit the weekend in
Belhaven.
Mr and Mrs. Tom Banzet
and children of Madison.
were he re this past
weekend visiting Mr and
Mrs. Frank Banzet
Mr and Mrs. Zeb St.
Sing, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
St Sing, Mr and Mrs.
Ernest Bolton and Mr and
Mrs. Ronnie Moseley spent
several days last week
touring Nashville, Tenn.
While the re they visited
with Bobby St. Sing who is
now residing in Nashville
and working at Opryland
USA.
Miss Elizabeth Baskervill
of Raleigh visited her
grandmother, Mrs. W R.
Baskervill, on Sunday.
Miss Cammie Mitchiner
of Annrjidale, Va., has
been visiting Mr and Mrs
Howard Oakley.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Edwards and children of
Hickory have been visitors
of Mr. and Mrs. Alien
Tucker for a week.
Miss Loyce Blaylock recently
visited friends and
relatives in Madison,
Statesville and WinstonSalem.
Little Miss Karen Loposay
has returned to her
home in Sanford after
soending ten days with her
grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Boyd Fleming,
Boyd and Tommy. Mr. and
Mrs. Don Loposay, Kimberly
£ind Jarrod of
Sanford were their weekend
guests.
Mrs. S.B.Gibson, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Jones and
daughter, Melinda, of
Roanoke Rapids and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Gibson
and daughter, Angela, of
Littleton, and John W.
Gibson and Connie Gay of
Rocky Mount spent the
weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Gibson, Jr.,
and family in Clifton
Forge, Va.
Monday guests of Mrs. S.
B. Gibson were Mrs.
Naomi Wilkerson and Mrs.
Dan Haley and Mrs. Daniel
Haley and son of Oxford.
Announce Births
Mr. and Mrs. J Haynes
announce the birth of a
son, Brian J, on June 30 at
Mana Parham Hospital.
The infant weighed six
pounds, 12 vi ounces. Mrs.
Haynes is the former Betsy
Peoples of Elberon.
Mr. and Mrs. William G.
Crawford, Jr., of WinstonSalem
annunce the birth
of a son, Samuel Henry
Crawford, bora on July 1.
Mrs. Crawford is the
former Panthea Anne
Twitty of Warrenton.
MRS. WILLIAM BENNETT DILLARD, JR.
Couple Marry ln
Candlelight Ceremony
In a candlelight ceremony
of beauty and tradition,
Miss Patricia Lynn
Carrol] and William Bennett
Dillard, «Jr.. were
united in marriage at 7 p.
m at Longview United
Methodist Church in Raleigh
on June 20. The Rev.
Argel Payne performed
the ceremony.
The chancel of the
church was beautifully
decorated with palms and
greenery and with spiral
candlelabra of cathedral
candles entwined with
greenery.
Organist for the service
was Josephine Dunn of
Raleigh, who performed a
program of traditional
nuptial music arrangements.
Soloist was Jill
Arthurs of New Bern who
sang "We've Only Just
Begun," "Whither Thou
Goest," and "The Wedding
Prayer." The soloist was
accompanied on the piano
by Donna Holt of Raleigh.
The traditional "Wedding
Song" was sung and
played on the guitar by
Danny Mitchell of Younasville.
The bride, given in
marnage by her parents,
wore a formal length white
silk organza gown with a
high neckline trimmed
with Alencon lace and seed
pearls. A sheer yoke in
front and back was surrounded
with matching
lace and seed pearls with
large appliques covering
the front bodice. Full
bishop sleeves had large
lace appliques with wide
lace cuffs at the wrist. A
wide band of schiffli lace
circled the waist. The full
circular skirt feU softly
from an empire waist
falling into a chapel length
train. Wide schiffli lace
surrounded the lower skirt
with a wide accordian
flounce at the hem. Her
fingertip veil of white silk
illusion had a camelot cap
covered with Alencon lace
and seed pearls. A wide
border of matching lace
bordered the hem.
Miss Anita Gayle Carroll,
sister of the bride,
served as maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Miss
Teresa Chappell of Clayton,
Mrs. Liz Mitchell of
Youngsville, Miss Teresa
Vogt of Raleigh, Miss
De ni se Jernigan of Raleigh,
Miss Laurie Bates of
Raleigh and Miss Debbie
Lee of Raleigh.
The groom's brother,
Joseph Dillard of Pensacola,
Fia., was the best.
man. Groomsmen were M.
P. Carroll, Jr., of Warrenton,
Marshall Carroll of
Raleigh, Phil Lynch of
Henderson and Danny
Mitchell of Youngsville.
The ringbearer was
Mark P. Carroll, ni, of
Warrenton.
The wedding was directed
by Miss Marie Stuppy of
Raleigh.
Small wedding scrolls
were presented to the
guests by Ryan Lynch and
Cameron Winters, cousins
of the bride.
The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert K.
Carroll, m of Raleigh. She
attends North Carolina
State University and is a
parttime teller at North
Carolina National Bank.
The groom is a correctional
officer with the North
Carolina Department of
Corrections.
Following a wedding trip
to Carolina Beach, the
couple will be residing in
Raleigh.
Reception
Immediately following
the ceremony, the bride's
parents were hosts to a
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Cemetery Cleaning
In submitting an account
oí the Palmer Family
Reunión, for the July 2
edition of The Warren
Record, which included
cleaning up the family
cemeteries, and a reunión
at Hebron United Methodist
Cburcb in Sixpound
Townahip, Jeff D. Palmer,
native oí Warren ton and
resident of Falla Church,
Va., also submitted a copy
of an article, "History
Laves In Family Cemeterlies,"
with the request that
we would publish it when
and if space permitted.
The reunión account was
published, but space for
the cemetery cleaning
article was not available in
that edition. It is published
below - Editor.
When populations were
sparse and scattered. and
before death became a
corporate entity, the family
cemetery was viable.
But it was bypassed by
better roads, faster travel
and numerous rural consolidations.
Today, many of these
cemeteries are left to the
custody of wind, sun, moon
and rain. It is a Irnos t as if
time ran off and left the
dead to perpetutate their
own minor heroics without
audience or historical
addendum. Yet once a
year, and at this juncture,
one of the diminishing clan
goes back to clean up the
family burying ground.
Their cars, parked beside
a rusting iron fence,
would bewilder many of
the dead who died long
before Henry Ford carne
along. Even so, they bring
a son or grandson or
granddaughter who take
no more stock in dead
people than Huck Finn said
he did.
At the outset this is
merely an onerous job of
cutting, chopping and
spading for the clan. Yet,
little by little, they
recreate slices of history,
humor, happiness and
tragedy as they spade
around the tombstones and
read the legends.
For these small cemeteries
hold those who were
beautiful, bold and bad.
Before the sun falls, like
the mast of a great ship
falling, they are even
referring warmly to
"Great Unele John,"
whom they never heard of
before. They come to
realize that the dead have
roots aside from those in
the soil. And they go
homeward enriched by the
knowledge that their circle
of relatives has been
expanded by the addition
of salty úneles, aunts and
cousins.
reception at the church.
Guests were greeted and
registe red by Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Keeter of Raleigh.
After the bridal couple cut
the traditional ñrst slice,
the five-tiered wedding
cake was served by Mrs.
Jean Chappell of Clayton.
Mrs. Dora Lou Carroll of
Warrenton and Barbara
Dickerson of Raleigh poured
the punch. A variety of
party foods were served
from a beautifully appointed
table centered with a
silk floral arrangement.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil P. Bennett of Pauline, S. C.
announce the engagement of their daughter, Pameal
Elaine, to Timothy Austin Johnson, son of the Rev. and
Mrs. Henry A. Johnson of Greer, S. C., formerly of
Warrenton.
Miss Bennett is a gradúate of Paul M. Dormán High
School, Spartanburg, S. C., and Spartanburg Technical
College. She attended USC-Spartanburg and is employed
at Spartanburg General Hospital.
Mr. Johnson is a gradúate of Jonesville High School,
Jonesville, S. C., and will gradúate from Furman University,
Greenville, S. C. in December. He is employed with
the Inman Nursing FacUities, Inc. as an adminstrative
assistant. His father is a former pastor of the Sulphur
Springs Baptist Church, Warrenton.
The couple will be united in marriage August 29 at the
West Springs Baptist Church, W¿st Springs, S. C.
Friends of the Warrenton area are cordially invited.
Arts Festival To Be Held
LITTLETON - The
Lakeland Arts Center in
Littleton will hold its
fourth annual Arts and
Music Festival Aug. 22 and
23 on the campus of the
center.
It has been the policy of
the center to invite church
and civic groups to particípate
in the se festivals.
Large crowds are expected
this year, with artists
from across the country
showing and selling their
works.
Entertainment will be
featured throughout the
two-day event and a
three-county flea market is
planned for Halifax, Warren
and Northampton
counties. The market will
be set up on the fenced-in
sports fíeld at Lakeland.
The Lakeland staff will
conduct an auction on
Sound Stage One during
the festival. All ítems to be
auctioned will be those of
valué ($25 and over) and
be supplied bv the participating
organizations and
pnvate individuáis. For
this service a small fee will
be charged to go toward
the Lakeland Fund Drive.
The flea market and
auction will be held Aug. 22
from 10 a. m. until 6 p. m.
Anyone wishing to reserve
a space for the flea market
or submit items for auction
should cali 586-3124 or
586-5577 by Aug. 12.
Lakeland Musical Opening
"Regante To Broad
way," a «iiiHng salute to
many al Broadway's most
aucceaaful music&ls will be
Lakeland's next dinner
theater production.
The show will open
Friday, July 10, aiK* will
run through July 25. It
promises to provide a jam
packed evening of song
and dance performed by a
45-member cast The public
ls urged to make
r—wvtta— Mrly for
guaranteed seating
For more informatioo
and reaervatioos, persona
are aaked to cali Lakeland's
Art Center at
586-3124 or 586-5577 Admission
for dining and show u
$12 50 for adulta and 17.90
for children ten years oíd
and younger. Special dis
count ralea are available
for groups oí 25 or more.
Family Reunión Held
The O'Neal-Brantley
family reunión was held
Sunday at the home of
Rosa B. O'Neal in AftonElberon
Special guests included
the oldest member of the
family, Julie, age 86; the
youngest member of the
family was Máster Philip
M. Brantley, 5W months.
The pastor of Sulphur
Springs Baptist Church,
the Rev. and Mrs Julián
Mills and Marsha. The
family travelling the most
miles to attend were Mr.
and Mrs. James Brantley,
Tricia and Jimmy, from
Florida.
Others were from Bur
lington, Butner, Louisburg.
Ñor lina, Warrenton,
Henderson.
A covered dish meal was
enjoyed by tbe 119 attending
After the meal string
m usic was played and sung
by Robert, Scott, Tomtny
Brantley, Philip Lynch and
Wilmont O'Neal
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