Mary Ann is shown placing a flower on the lapel of her father Maseo in preparation for her wedding. The image was taken at their home on Navahoe Street. The wedding service and reception took place just a few blocks away at Embry AME Church
Smith Family
In 1946 Maseo Campbell built this house on Navahoe Street, where he and his wife Elizabeth Hicks Campbell raised their six children. Campbell's first cousin Willie Campbell lived in the house to the left. Their other cousins Mary and Wilbur Brower lived to the right, just out of view. After the death of Mr. Campbell, Elizabeth married James Adams. The couple made their home at the Navahoe Street residence. James was also a cousin of Maseo.
Mary Ann Campbell has garter placed in preparation for her wedding. They are in the bride's home on Navahoe Street
Wedding of Lakelanders George Smith and Mary Ann Campbell at Embry AME Church
On the day of the wedding of Mary Ann Campbell and George Smith at Embry AME Church
Mary Ann Campbell at home prior to her wedding
Wedding of Mary Ann Campbell and George Smith at Embry AME Church
Newlywed Mary Ann Smith tosses her bouquet from the steps of Embry A.M.E Church. The recipient was her maid of honor, Yvonne Dorsey, a former classmate of the bride at Fairmont Heights High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith depart after their wedding at Embry AME Church
School girls, from left to right, (first row) Pamela Sharps, Pearl Lee Campbell; (second row) Mary Ann Campbell, and Pamela Randall wave their Fairmont Heights Hornets pennant as they prepare to leave Lakeland to support their team during the school’s 1960 homecoming game. Lakeland High School was replaced by Fairmont Heights Junior-Senior High School in 1950. The new school served the African-American students from widely scattered areas of Prince George's County. As a result of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the school board abandoned its earlier, race-based school assignment plan and instituted a system based on residential boundaries. At the time, housing in Prince George’s County was segregated. African Americans resided in single-race communities, many out of custom and by choice, and others due to housing discrimination. The result of the new boundaries plan was a school system with mostly single-race schools. There was a policy, however, that allowed students to seek assignment to other schools. Few sought that option. In the 1960s, Lakeland students were assigned to the closer, predominantly-white Northwestern High School in Hyattsville and High Point High School in Beltsville.
Mary Ann Campbell Smith and Dennis Campbell
Elizabeth Campbell and her daughter Mary Anne Campbell
The newly wed Mary Ann and George Smith in the sanctuary of Embry AME Church
Lakelanders George Smith and Mary Ann Campbell began their married life on Saturday, June 5, 1965, at Embry A.M.E. Church. The bride chose to honor her grandmother, Ethel Hicks Claiborne, by selecting her birthday as the date for her nuptials. During the reception in the church parish hall, the wedding party assembled for the photograph above. Theirs was the perfect June wedding held on a fine sunny day, and the parish hall was filled to capacity with well wishers. Below, many of the ladies were crowned in lovely spring hats.
Lakelanders George Smith and Mary Ann Campbell began their married life on Saturday, June 5, 1965, at Embry A.M.E. Church. The bride chose to honor her grandmother, Ethel Hicks Claiborne, by selecting her birthday as the date for her nuptials. During the reception in the church parish hall, the wedding party assembled for the photograph above.