This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HOLSTUN, SCHUESSLER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1542 Message Board Post: HOLSTUN--SCHUESSLER WEDDING; A BEAUTIFUL EVENT. Seldom has there been a more beautiful and elaborate wedding than that of Miss Carrie Gertrude Holstun and Mr. Perry Brown Schuessler, of Columbus, Ga., which took place Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamine F. Holstun, witnessed by a large number of admiring friends and relatives. "An artistic and effective color motif of white and green was carried out in all the decorations. In the sitting room where many beautiful wedding girts were displayed, a touch of gold in quantities of daffodils, was used on the cabinets and mantles. The large reception hall was decorated with Southern smilax artistically festooned along the walls. In the parlor where the ceremony was performed, the decorations were exquisite in design. A snowy background of white canvas from the ceiling to the floor with graceful tracings of Southern smilax, reached from the mantle to each side of the room, making a veritable bower of white and green for the bridal party. The high mantle was entirely covered in white, traced with smilax, and bordered with quantities of white tapers in white rose cups, which were reflected in a long mirror above, while just below the mantle was an improvised altar studded with hundreds of white tapers springing fromp rose cup of white, twinkling amid t! he green. Tall white pedestals twined with smilax and holding huge ferns were arranged on the sides of the altar, alternating with festoons of white ribbon which bordered the semi-circle in which the bridal party stood. A beautiful white wedding bell covered with asparagus fern, combined with tiny white roses was suspended form the center. "Before the ceremony Mr. Carl Schuessler rendered very beautifully on the violin 'Cavalleria Rusticana,' and during the ceremony he played 'Traumerei' softly and sweetly. "As Mrs. J. S. Dowdell played Mendelsshon's Wedding March, on the organ, the ribbon bearers formed an aisle from the rear hall to the bridal altar in the parlor. First, Misses Josie and Annie Pope Robinson, wearing beautiful soflt solk dresses, held the ribbons in the hall. Next, Miss Irma Schuessler, of Roanoke [Randolph Co. AL], wearing becoming apricot green satin and Miss Sallie Schuessler, wearing a lovely pale blue silk gown, held the ribbons at the door opening into the parlor. Miss Carrie Lou Darden, of Birmingham, and Miss Sallie B. Moore, of Opelika [Lee Co. AL], carried the ribbons to the marriage altar, completing the aisle for the bridal party. Miss Darden and Miss Moore wore elaborate lingerie empire gowns and carried pink carnations and white tulle. "Miss Annie Laurie Schuessler and Miss Rose Griffin were the first bride's maids to enter, followed by Misses Kitty and Ann Willis, of LaGrange [Troup Co. GA], and together they formed a semi-circle. The bride's maids wore exquisite white lace directoire gowns and carried lovely arm bouquets of pink carnations tied with white tulle. Next came the bride's sister, Miss Annie Petronia Holstun, who was maid of honor. She wore a lovely directoire gown of peach blossom pink chiffon with velvet trimmings to match. She carried an arm bouquet of pink carnations and white tulle. Following the maid of honor were the groom and his cousin, Mr. James Harrison Schuessler, who was best man. The bride entered alone and met the groom at the latar where Rev. E. Fulmer, pastor of the LaFayette [Chambers Co. AL] Methodist church, performed the ceremony in a most impressive mnanner. "The bride was a picture of loveliness in a handsome tailor suit of copengagen blue cloth, large buttons being used on the long coat, which half concealed a beautiful satin waist the same shade, made with a square-cut yoke of white chiffon and hand-braided. Her stylish hat was very small and was made of velvet the shade of the suit, so becoming to her handsome brunette type, and trimmed in blue nd cherry-colored roses. She carried an exquisite arm bouquet of bride's roses showered with valley lillies. Mrs. Schuessler was one of LaFayette's most beautiful and popular young ladies and by her attractive and cordial perosnality, she numbers her friends by her acquaintances. It is a source of deep regret to her many frineds here that the marriage carries her away from the town where she will be greatly missed in religious and social circles. "Mr. Schuessler formerly of LaFayette [Chambers Co. AL], is a member of one of the most popular and prominent families in the State. He is now a sucessful young merchant in Columbus [Muscogee Co. GA], and possesses many sterling qualities. "Mr. and Mrs. Schuessler left immediately for their future home in Columbus, Ga." (pp. 207-208 in ALLIE ABERNATHY'S SCRAPBOOKS 1893-1923: Marriages, Deaths and Other Items from Chambers County, Alabama Newspapers, compiled by Laura Alabamna Floretta Abernathy). This item appeared between 1905 and 1910, I think. Mary Abernathy Meyer