- He was shown as Albert Joseph McMath, a 23-year-old farmer, born in Onley, Virginia, the son of George Wescott McMath & Sophia Elizabeth Tankard and she was shown as Helen Dunton Savage, age 22, born in Exmore, Virginia, the daughter of Albert James Savage & Nannie Jacob Dunton. They were married on 8 June 1946 in Northampton Co, Virginia.
Helen Dunton Savage and Albert Joseph McMath, II – Wedding
(A photo of the bride was used with this article in the Peninsula Enterprise)
June was truly the month of brides and roses on Saturday, the eighth at eight-thirty p.m., when Miss Helen Dunton Savage, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert James Savage of Exmore, became the bride of Mr. Albert Joseph McMath, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wescott McMath, of Onley. The wedding took place at Franktown Methodist Church and Rev. James H. Brown, Jr. officiated.
The church was beautifully decorated with banked cedar and three tiers of white candles arranged symmetrically with the lines of the chancel. Miss Patricia Ames played the wedding music. She wore black and had a corsage of gardenias. The traditional Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin and Mendelssohn Wedding March from Midsummer Night’s Dream were used. Indian Love Call was played during the ceremony. Before the service Miss Ames played several numbers.
The bride, given in marriage by her brother, Albert James Savage, Jr., was lovely in a wedding gown of off-white brocaded taffeta with a sweetheart neckline, tight sleeves pointed over her hand, and a full skirt with a broad circular train. Her veil of ivory tulle worn by the aunt whose name she bears, was caught in a bandeau of orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses, stephanotis and gypsophila and wore a gold maternal heirloom bracelet and a single strand of pearls.
Miss Kate Mapp James, who was maid-of-honor, wore a pastel green nylon taffeta gown and carried a shower bouquet of Brandywne roses. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Dan Knee, Miss Sue Tankard Dunton, Miss Sallie Woodson Scott and Mrs. William B. Lambert. They wore identical gowns of peach nylon taffeta and carried bouquets of talisman roses. The gowns of the bridesmaids and the maid-of-honor had sweetheart necklines and full skirts and bow bustles. They wore long white gloves and a single strand of pearls.
Mr. Edward T. McMath, brother of the groom, served as best man. The groomsmen were Mr. David Augustus Parker, Mr. Joseph Norman Savage, Mr. Spencer McMath Rogers and Mr. William C. Jacob, Jr. The best man and groomsmen were attired in dress suits.
Just after the bride and groom repeated their vows, Mrs. C. M. Lankford, Jr. sweetly sang “I Love You Truly.” The very beautiful and impressive ceremony was concluded with prayer, and the bride and groom still kneeling, the minister asked for God’s blessing on the marriage. Then sounded the recessional, Mendelssohn’s beautifully triumphant and inspiring wedding march from the “Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
The wedding was followed by a brilliant reception at the home of the bride’s parents to which one hundred and seventy guests were invited. The three tiered wedding cake and small candelabra holding white candles graced the bride’s table. A note of cool white beauty was added when the bride’s bouquet was placed on the table. Spring flowers were artistically arranged in all the spacious rooms on the lower floor.
The bride’s last act before changing her wedding dress for travel attire was to throw her bouquet from the open staircase down among her bridesmaids, leaving with them a fragrant floral token that somewhere in the future there lurks another wedding day.
For travel, the bride was dressed in a suit of pastel pink plaid, with navy accessories. Her flowers were orchids. After a Northern trip, the couple will make their home in Onley.
Among the quests from a distance who attended the wedding are reception were: Mr. and Mrs. Earle Chalk, Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Fray, and small daughter Nancy, Gottoes; Miss Peggy Snow, Wilmington, N.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kellam and Master Billy Kellam, Wilmington, Del.; Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Lang, Franklin, Va., Mr. Joe McMath, Front Royal, Va.; Miss Nancy Custis, Lynchburg, Va.; Miss Rhea James, Frederickburg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Trott, Baltimore, Md., Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Charles, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. J. L. Street, Newport News, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Trott, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dickinson, Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Joe Burton, New York City; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker, Culpeper, Va.
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