The New Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 24, 1983 Page: 5 of 10

                                
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CASS COUNTY SUN, LINDEN. TEXAS, AUGUST 24, 1983-PAGE 5
IN DOUBLE-RING CEREMONY
Cox, Courtney Wed In Texarkana
Karen Ann Cox and Steven Neal
Courtney were married Saturday,
Aug. 6, at the Texarkana Memoriai
United Methodist Church. The Rev.
Mike Mathews officiated the tradi-
tional Methodist double-ring
ceremony. The bride was given in
marriage by her father.
Miss Cox is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey N. Cox of Texarkana. Mr.
Courtney is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Perry O'Neal Courtney, also of Tex-
arkana. The bride's grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Royce Watson of Linden
and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cox of
Douglassville. The groom's grand-
parents are Mrs. A.B. Pierce of Mt.
Vernon and Mrs. P.G. Courtney of Tex-
arkana.
Music was played by Murry
Alewine. Hugh Kirby and Terri Smith
sang "You and I," "Longer," "The
Wedding Song" and "The Lord's
Prayer."
The church was decorated with four
15-branch candelabras and two three-
branch candelabras decorated with
fresh greenery. On the altar was an ar-
rangement of white gladioli and fuji
mums. Family pews were marked
with eight aisle posts of hurricane
lamps and fresh greenery accented
with satin bows.
Serving as candlelighters were
Kevin Cox, brother of the bride, and
Chad Collins, both of Texarkana.
Jackie Morriss of Texarkana
registered the guests and programs
were distributed by Karen Collins of
Texarkana, who also rang the hour bell
with seven chimes at 7 p.m.
The hride was attired in a silk organ-
za wedding dress topped with
heirloomed peau d'ange pearl clusters
and a cameo yoke. The natural
waistline held a soft ribbon. The full
bishop sleeves were banded with a
deep cuff which extended onto the
hand. The full flowing A-line skirt was
accented with scalloped lace motifs
which extended to a chapel train.
The headpiece was a silk halo of soft
candlelight roses, and heather was at-
tached to a tiered veil which extended
to the fingertips.
The bride carried a bouquet of
cascading white roses, stephanotis and
baby's-breath tied with ivory lace and
ribbon.
Serving as maid of honor was Cindy
Jones of Texarkana. Bridesmaids
were Jill Roberts of Texarkana,
Melissa Daly of Lake Jackson, La.,
and Peri Courtney and Lisa Courtney
of Texarkana, sisters of the groom.
They wore dresses of brushed peach
designed with a fitted bodice, double
ruffle and an off-the-shoulder neckline
accented with self fabric rose. The
softly gathered skirts extended to for-
mal length.
Each attendant carried nosegays of
sonia carnations, snowflake poms,
white daisies and baby's-breath tied
with sonia and ivory ribbon.
The flower girl was Melanie Jansen
who was attired in a formal-length
dress of ivory eyelet accented with
peach ribbon at the waist. The dress
was made in the same style as the
bride's attendants. She wore fresh
flowers in her hair.
The ring bearer was Justin Watson.
He wore an ivory linen suit with a
wing-tipped ivory pleated shirt ac-
cented with a peach cummerbund. He
also wore a boutonniere of sonia roses.
The groom was attired in an ivory
tuxedo with a wing-tipped ivory
pleated shirt accented with an ivory
bow tie and cummerbund. He wore a
sonia rose boutonniere accented with
baby's-breath.
Serving as best man was Neal Court-
ney, father of the groom. Serving as
grpomsmen were Chris Cox, brother of
the bride, Jim Bunch and Robert
Bunch of Texarkana and Mark
Crawford of Nacogdoches. They were
attired in black tuxedos with wing-
tipped ivory pleated shirts accented
with black bow ties and cummerbunds.
Boutonnieres for the groomsmen were
sonia roses and baby's-breath.
The mother of the bride wore a
formal-length gown of seafoam green
chiffon over taffeta. She wore a cor-
sage of peach roses tied with ivory rib-
bon. The groom's mother chose a long-
sleeved gown of peach chiffon over taf-
feta and she wore a corsage of white
roses tied with ivory ribbon.
The Reception
Following the ceremony a reception
was given by the bride's parents in the
fellowship hall of the Williams
Memorial United Methodist Church for
over 400 guests.
The bride's table was covered with a
white satin cloth. Centering the table
was a six-point candelabra accented
with peach carnations, white daisies,
baby's-breath and leatherleaf fern.
The tiered wedding cake was
decorated with fresh flowers.
The groom's table was covered with
a peach satin tablecloth centered with
a three-point candlelabra. The table
was enhanced with a glass bowl of
sonia roses mixed with baby's-breath.
The chocolate cake was decorated with
fresh green fern.
Serving in the houseparty were Mrs.
Cathy Buckland and Mrs. Vicki Sheets,
cousins of the bride, Mrs. Traci Bunch,
Miss Traci Oliver, Miss Susan Barry
and Miss Teri Smith. Vicki Love
played the piano.
LINDEN LINES
The Rehersal Dinner
Friday evening, Aug. 5, Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Courtney were hosts for a
dinner following the wedding rehersal.
The event was held at the Arcadian
Seafood House in Texarkana with all
members of the wedding party as
guests. The bride and groom chose this
time to present gifts to their atten-
dants.
Bike-A-Thon
Set For Sept. 17
The Southwest Regional St. Jude's
Children's Research Hospital Bike-A-
Thon will be held in linden Sept. 17.
This year's chairman will be Sandy T.
Wells.
SJCRH, founded by entertainer Dan-
ny Thomas, is the world's leading in-
stitute for the study of childhood
cancer and severe maladies striking
the young. It is the first research
center dedicated exclusively to the
conquest of catastrophic diseases of
children such as cancer and other life-
destroying diseases.
When SJCRH accepted its patient in
1962, the survival rate of children with
acute lymphocytic leukemia and
Hodgkins diseases was less than five
percent. Today the disease-free sur-
vival figure for these diseases are now
50 percent and 80 percent respectively.
Treatment procedures developed at
SJCRH have been adopted worldwide,
giving hope to suffering children and
worried families everywhere.
Thanks to research at SJCRH,
children now have a much better
chance to be cured and live a normal
life. Thomas clearly stated the purpose
of SJCRH is to wipe catastrophic
diseases of children from the face of
the earth.
Details of the bike-a-thon will be an-
nounced at a later date by Mrs. Wells.
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MRS. STEPHEN NEAL COURTNEY
Hammacks
To Reunite
The descendants of
Cleophus and Mary Ann
(Hall) Hammack will hold
their annual family reu-
nion at the Red Hill Com-
munity Center Sunday,
Sept. 4.
Registration will begin
at 10 a.m. A covered-dish
luncheon is set for 1 p.m.
All friends and relatives
are invited to attend.
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By MRS. JESSIE WOMMACK
Rarely a day goes by that has not
brought a special blessing to this
reporter and Monday was no excep-
tion. I received a letter from a former
native of Cass County Mrs. Melba
McBurnett Hodges. She was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Sexton McBurnett and is the
niece of Jim Sexton of linden.
I remember Melba as a baby girl
who, according to the traditions of her
family, has made good and has made
many contributions to her chosen
home town of Midland. Words cannot
express my deep appreciation to Mrs.
Hodges for her thoughtfulness. This
reporter would like to share her letter
with friends who read Linden Lines.
This is the letter I received:
Dear Mrs. Wommack:
Actually this is a thank you note for
the enjoyment I get from reading your
Linden news each week. I have been
away from Linden for many years but
there will always be a special place in
my heart for Linden and the many
thoughtful people that live there.
Mrs. Wommack I'm sure you don't
remember me. My parents were Virgil
and Lucile McBurnett but I remember
you well.
I am sorry it has taken me so long to
write this but just wanted you to know I
appreciate the time and effort it takes
to write your column each week. There
must be many others who feel the
same way. Sincerely, Melba
McBurnett Hodges.
Brian Wall of Linden recently won
first place at Brookshire's recent
drawing and coloring contest in the
kindergarten through fourth grade age
group.
Brian will be in the first grade at
Linden-Kildare this school year. He is
now 6 years old. He has a 9-month-old
brother named Brandon.
Brian is a special young friend of
mine. He visits me in my home with his
great aunt Mrs. Jean Hunt. Brian's
freehand coloring and drawing of a cir-
cus clown and elephant is a great ac-
complishment for a 6-year-old, Not on-
ly did Brian win this contest but he also
won first place in the drawing and
original wall poster contest held dur-
ing the Center Hill Baptist Church
vacation Bible school. The poster was
displayed in Benny's Dress Shoppe
window. Brian is the grandson of Mrs.
C.J. Hagler and Mrs. O.L. Wall both of
linden.
Many of us have relatives and
friends in the Houston area that was
hit by Hurricane Alicia and are deeply
concerned about their welfare. This
reporter has two nieces and their
families in the area beside a number of
friends. As of Aug. 201 finally learned
that they are all right. Let us not forget
to thank God daily for our blessings.
Billye and Boots Early held a ham-
burger supper in their home this week
for members of their family who have
August birthdays. Those present were
Benny Ford, Joe Pat, Donna and
Shane Early of Linden, Gladys Win-
dham of Turkey Creek, John, Cindy
and Shelby of Avinger, Johnnyrea Fite
of Hughes Springs, Reggie Lukes of
Shreveport, I,a. and the host and
hostess.
Robert and Gwen Murphy of Slidell,
La., visited in the home of Mrs. Jessie
Wommack Wednesday and Thursday
of last week.
Mrs. Nell Roberson spent Thursday
in Texarkana as the guest of Mrs.
Ginger Williams and family.
Recent guests in the Marvin and Bet-
ty Barbee home were Mr. and Mrs.
C.J. Gay of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. Tebo
Neville of Arlington, Kenneth and
Frances Duck of Texarkana and the
Rev. and Mrs. Wilmes Biddy of Av-
inger.
When I made the mistake of calling a
local wrong number Friday I got a
pleasant voice on the other end of the
line. The man said "I am the
preacher." I apologized for disturbing
him. He told me that he was the new
pastor at the Linden Assembly of God
Church and he was glad to talk with
me. He is the Rev. Gregg and he and
his wife have three children Brent, 9,
Bradly, 7, and Heather, 5.
The Rev. Gregg said he has been
preaching since he was 16 years of age
and that he and Mrs. Gregg and Brent
sing as a trio. He added that he and his
wife were repainting the interior of the
parsonage. I extended a welcome from
linden to the family. He said they are
happy to be in Linden. I feel that this
family will make a place for
themselves in Linden.
Mr. and Mrs. Bland Gaither of
Portland, Ore., visited Jessie Wom-
mack Friday afternoon. They were in
Linden to attend a reunion of Mrs.
Gaither's family at Pleasant Hill. She
is the former Farileen Stephens,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Green Stephens. The Gaithers are both
now retired and said they would be
coming back to Linden often.
The children and grandchildren of
the late Mr. and Mrs. M. Morrow of
linden held their annual family reu-
nion the first weekend in August. It
was held in the home of the Rev. and
Mrs. teon Morrow and Mrs. Sarah
Morrow Dean. The homes of the Rev.
Morrow and Mrs. Dean are on adjoin-
ing lots.
The Rev. and Mrs. Morrow were
hosts to a fish fry in their back yard on
Saturday with approximately 25 guests
present. Mrs. Dean said it was a
wonderful day with good food and
everyone enjoyed eating and visiting
in spite of the hot weather.
The Rev. Morrow is pastor of the
First Assembly of God Church in
Atlanta where he has preached for
many years. Mrs. Dean is the widow of
the late Nolan Dean. She is an
employee of the elementary school
cafeteria where she has worked for
many years.
The late Mr. and Mrs. Morrow were
the parents of five children. They are
natives of Wood County. They moved
to Cass County after they were mar-
ried. Mrs. Morrow is the former Loret-
ta Wheller. She was a graduate of ET-
SU at Commerce. She became a
teacher. Morrow was an outdoor man
and he planted a garden and fruit trees
on their farm in the Bear Creek com-
munity. In later years he became a full
time housemaker.
Some 50 years ago, I met Morrow
when he stopped at our home early one
morning with a farm wagon drawn by
a team of mules and filled with fresh
vegetables and fruits, berries and also
milk and butter for sale. For many
years Morrow brought his produce to
town twice each week. He had regular
customers of which I was one.
Sarah Dean confided to this writer
that she bought her senior class ring
with the money that I paid for fresh
butter she brought me when she came
to school in 1936.
Leon and Garvin Morrow are both
WWII veterans and Calvert served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean Con-
flict. He is now employed at the Red
River Army Depot at Texarkana.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrow retired after
their children had all moved out on
their own. At this time they moved to
Linden. Morrow served as a deacon of
the First Baptist Church where they
both attended church. He was also
church custodian for many years.
After living in linden for some 15
years he died at the age of 82. Mrs.
Morrow died when she was in her 80s
also. The Morrow children still own
their farm home according to Mrs.
Dean.
Those attending the reunion were
Sarah Morrow Dean, Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Morrow and Mr. and Mrs.
Calvert Morrow all of Linden; Mr. and
Mrs. G.R. Morrow of Austin; A.L. and
Nina Mae Morrow Duncan of Dallas;
Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Dean, Donna
and Jeffery, J.J. Hunter and Larry
Dodson all of DeSoto; James Morrow
of Hughes Springs; Robert Morrow of
Austin; Caroline Keffer of Dallas and
her friend Ann Denford of Irving; and
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Dean, Holly
and Jimmy all of Linden.
Lucius L. Morphew visited his
brother and his family in Texarkana
over the weekend.
Thomas Fant reports that his grand-
son Mark Law is now attending
Kilgore College. Mark is a 1983
graduate of Linden-Kildare High
School.
Jerry and Edwyna Morphew are the
parents of an 8-pound baby son who
they named Jake Aron. He is the
grandson of Frances and Lawrence
Coyne and great-grandson of Lucius L.
Morphew.
It filled this reporter's heart with
sadness to read of the death of J.K.
Hileman of Queen City. He died Thurs-
day at his home. He was a former state
representative and superintendent of
Queen City schools where he used to
teach.
My older daughter Ernestine worked
for Hileman in Austin as his secretary
when he was a state representative
from Cass County. In the opinion of
this writer he was one of Cass County's
most outstanding citizens.My deepest
sympathy goes to his family.
Jack and Johnnyrea Fite had as
their guest this week her brother Reg-
gie Lucker of Shreveport, La., and Mr.
and Mrs. Perry Fite of Dallas. They
were here to attend the funeral ser-
vices for Mrs. Audrey Mae Clark of
Hughes Springs. She was the sister of
Jack and Perry Fite.
Mrs. Onedia Crudup of Texarkana
spent Monday visiting her sister Jessie
Wommack.
Jeff Hamilton received his BBA
degree in accounting from Stephen F.
Austin State University in
Nacogdoches Saturday, Aug. 20.
Attending the commencement were
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hamilton, Jeff's
parents, his brother Joe Hamilton, his
wife Letitia and her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Harris, Brently and
Mrs. M.P. Yates, Mrs. Robert
Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis
Hamilton and Amity, Mrs. Lynda
McDuff and Levi, Becky Foster and
Tom and Charlene Boggus.
Jeff is employed with Olds Building
and Supply. He and his wife will con-
tinue to make their home in
Nacogdoches where Letitia is a
sophomore at SFASU.
To Be Sold Aug. 27
A fish dinner will be on sale starting
at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the
linden American Legion Park during
the 5&5 softball tournament.
The cost will be $2 for a child's plate
and $3.25 for adults.
The plates will consist of three
pieces of fish, two hushpuppies, onions
and relish.
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