Marriages: Spencer-Sevier 1917 - Submitted for the USGenWeb by Charlotte Sevier Ziegler 6/22/07

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Spencer-Sevier Wedding - Madison Parish, Louisiana 

From Vicksburg Evening Post August 1917

A beautiful wedding occurred in the Trinity Episcopal church in Tallulah on Wednesday, the twenty-second 
of August (1917), when Miss Rosa Vertner Sevier and Lieut. Leonard Mason Spencer plighted their troth. The young 
couple had not expected to have the engagement culminate in a wedding at this early date, although it had 
been of long duration, but in the uncertainty of a soldier's call made them hesitate about the inadvisability 
of a longer delay. 

The church was beautifully decorated by the many friends of the bride and groom, the national colors being 
tastefully arranged and with flowers and ferns was a beautiful framework for the bridal party which slowly 
wended its way to the altar where the minister Rev. Roberts Johnson, of Lake Providence, with prayer book in 
hand, awaited the wedding party. The bride, on the arm of her father, Mr. J. V. Sevier, was followed by the 
matron of honor, Mrs. Carneal Goldman, of Tensas parish, the twin sister of the groom. The best man was Lieut. 
Henry Clay Sevier in uniform. The ushers were Lieut. Earnest Watson and Lieut. Julian Monette, also in uniform. 

A beautiful feature of the occasion was the lovely little flower girl, Vertner Sevier, who, with her basket, 
strewed rose leaves for the bride. She looked lovely with her blond curls and her ease and grace. The wedding 
march was played by Miss Annette Beers and a tender pathos of low, sweet music was rendered throughout the service.