Announcement from unknown source with handwritten date of 1961. Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. "Miss Marilyn Ruth Wilkes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Thomas Wilkes of Paris, and John Edward Elsbury of Madison were married Sunday, January 1. The wedding was solemnized I the Holliday Christian Church, with Rev. Richard P. Randall, the pastor, officiating. Mrs. Robert J. Gilliam, sister of the bride, was her attendant, and Mr. Gilliam was best man. Mrs. Elsbury will be graduated from the Paris High School, Mr. Elsbury from the Madison High School, this month." Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562