A wedding of interest throughout North Carolina and Virginia was solemnized at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Cooke, on Selden street Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock when their daughter, Miss Ruth ??ster Cooke, became the bride of Mr. John Riley Johnson of Norfolk.
The house was beautifully decorated with palms, ferns and cathedral candles.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a going-away costume of taupe charmeen with accessories to match and carried a shower bouquet of bride’s roses and lilies of the valley. Miss Katherine Cooke, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore an afternoon dress of blue canton crepe and carried an arm bouquet of Columbia roses. The bridegroom had as best man Mr. Grady Miller of Norfolk.
The wedding march was played by Miss Emerald Sykes, accompanied by Miss Ethel Jones with the violin. Just before ethe ceremony Miss Annie Miller Seeley sweetly sang, “When I’m With You.” During the ceremony Miss Syles softly played Salut D’Amour. Rev. S.H. Templeman, past of the bride, performed the ceremony.
After a wedding trip to northern cities Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will be at home in the Haddon Hall Apartments, Colonial Avenue, Norfolk.
From page 3 of The Elizabeth City Daily Advance, Wednesday evening, Dec. 17, 1924
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