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    1. Wilson-Roberson Wedding Announcement - with photo (1950s)
    2. Betty
    3. I will be posting extractions of several news articles and obituaries. Most do not have a newspaper name, many are undated. I am not related to many of these families. NEWLYWEDS ARE AT HOME IN FORT WORTH AFTER WEDDING IN ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH Miss Newt Annette Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Newt Wilson, 239 W. St. Charles St., was married to James Martin Roberson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roberson, Central Ave., in a ceremony Friday Feb 1 in the Assembly of God Church here at 5:30 p.m. The bride graduated for high school in Brownsville and attended Texas Southmost College and has been employed by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., here. The bridegroom is also a Brownsville High School graduate and attended Texas Southmost College. He is in the Air Force Stations at Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, and has been selected for Officer Candidate School, his station to be assigned. For the present, the young couple is at home at Carswell Air Force Base, following a wedding trip to Corpus Christi and Fort Worth. The Rev. Alfred Roever read the marriage vows in a setting of white stock and greenery at the altar. White chrysanthemums and white gladioli also were combined for the ceremony decorations. Pianist for the wedding was Mrs. B. R. Whisenant and Mrs. Ava Prosser was the soloist. She sang "At Dawning" and "Because." Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Dean also sang a duet number, "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life." THE FATHER of the bride gave her in marriage. The bride wore a white nylon net embroidered ballerina length gown. Her headdress was a garland of feathered white carnations. Her bridal bouquet was of white camellias topping a white Bible. Maid of honor was Miss Lillian Marie Wilson, sister of the bride and Joana R. Roberson, sister of the bridegroom, was junior bridesmaid. Miss Wilson wore a pink crepe dress with brown accessories and carried a nosegay bouquet of blue painted daises. The junior bridesmaid wore a blue crepe dress and carried white daisies made into a nosegay bouquet. Scott Roberson was best man for his brother. Charles Winfred Wilson, brother of the bride was junior groomsman. Immediately following the ceremony, a reception was given in the home of the bride's parents. Roses were used to decorate the living room and white, blue and pink tinted daisies were used in the dining room. Mrs. Bill Bodie served the punch and Miss Maxine Crow served the bride's cake. Mrs. [Miss] Mervin Arnold presided at the bride's book. For her daughter's wedding, Mrs. Wilson chose a pink gabardine dress, worn with a white camellia corsage. The mother of the bridegroom wore an aqua gabardine dress, with a corsage of pink carnations. For going-away, the bride wore a silk shantung suit in rose beige, with accessories of navy blue. FROM OUT of town for the wedding was Miss Lillian Marie Wilson, Waxahachie, Texas, sister of the bride. Prior to her wedding, the bride was honored at a shower for which Mrs. A. H. Roever was hostess, when (sic) more than 40 friends were guests. Mrs. J. B. Roberson poured coffee at the shower party and Mrs. Ava Prosser and Mrs. [Miss] Mervin Arnold assisted in serving sandwiches and ice cake quares (sic) which carried out the colors of pink, green and yellow. Also in the shower houseparty were Misses Marya Rubio, Maxine Crow and Marie Crow. Mrs. Newt Wilson and Mrs. Roever greeted the guests at the door.

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