Remembering

On our second date, we went to Jennings Rose Room, a night club, dance hall and Sam talked me into trying a “Singapore Sling. When we returned to my apartment I felt the effects of the “Singapore Sling” when I sat down and totally missed the kitchen chair. I was so embarrassed but Sam said “Oh don’t worry. We will tell our “grandchildren about it”. I said, “YOU will tell YOUR grandchildren about it.”
Meaning, I am not signing on for a lifetime with YOU BUDDY. We just met.


However, as it turned out we were married on November 22, 1951, Thanksgiving Day. We had met on September 13, 1951. How’s that for a whirlwind romance?

I knew right away that Sam was the one for me and he says he knew immediately also.

We wanted a church wedding, but small and simple since neither of us nor our parents had any money for a big wedding. I started planning, asking around at work, and making phone calls and secured the small chapel at Glenn Memorial Methodist Church on the campus of Emory University. A friend at work told me about the chapel and said that it was a fine place for a small wedding. We were entranced by the beauty of the little chapel.


“The Little Chapel was designed by Philip Trammel Schutze and modeled after London's St. Stephen Walbrook Church, one of Sir Christopher Wren's masterpieces.
The Little Chapel is almost a replica in miniature of the English prototype, combining within the narrow limits of its rectangular walls the central dome and the traditional English church plan with nave, side aisles, chancel, and, in effect, crossing transepts. Most exciting of all is the dome, with its finely molded plaster ornamentation and the eight arches that rise from the architrave to support it. The contrast between the white walls and ceilings and the oak woodwork is intensified in the white and black squares of the tessellated floor. The beautifully carved woodwork at the front and back is in the Grinling Gibbons manner. It was executed by H.J. Millard, who learned his skill in his native England. His joyful offering of festooned fruit, flowers, and vegetables includes pinecones, peaches, dogwood, camellias, and magnolias, all borrowed from the Georgia landscape.”



I wore a pale blue lace dress, ballerina length, and a small hat of blue with a half veil. I wore elbow length navy blue gloves and navy shoes. I carried a small white Bible with a white orchid on top. My mother had given me this Bible the preceding Easter. of 1951. Sam wore a double breasted navy blue suit. My one attendant was a friend, Peggy G, and Sam’s best man was Bill M, a good friend and co worker. Bill remains a friend to this day , 56 years later. My brother Tommy gave me away and his minister, Reverend Alvin Barker married us. My mother was dressed in a grey blue dress with a pill box hat and white gloves. She looked lovely and was so proud and happy

We only had a few days off from work so we stayed in town and went to the Atlanta Biltmore Hotel for our short honeymoon. We have some lovely black and white professional photos of our wedding. We both look so young and happy. Who knew we would still be happy and content with each other and the life and family we had made 56 years later.

We are blessed.















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