Subject: Marriagepage 2

Keepsake made from wedding certificate and glass from window taken from Embry AME Church where their ceremony and reception were held. The glass was obtained when the building's windows were replaced.

Attendants of the celebrations - childhood friends who left and returned, multigenerational family members, etc. Some attended Lakeland schools and still live in Lakeland.

Closeup of the cake.

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.

Closeup of the donors' hands, wearing their wedding rings and other heirloom rings.

Home weddings were popular during the 1950s and 1960s. Mary Day and Samuel Hollomand were married on June 20, 1962, at the home of the bride’s parents. Rain forced the ceremony to be moved indoors to the living room. The Hollomands built their home and raised their family in Lakeland, where they continue to live. (Courtesy of Mary Day Hollomand.)

Donors' daughter, who was born in Lakeland.

George Henry and Agnes Gross were married in a quiet ceremony at the home of her sister Ira, in Baltimore, Maryland. The couple chose to make a festive occasion of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Family and friends were invited to the Gross residence on Cloud Avenue on April 8, 1950, for a reception. Left to right, are George Henry Gross, Agnes Harrison Gross, and their son, Elwood Harrison Gross.

Donors' daughter speaking.

Elizabeth Hicks Campbell and Maseo Campbell

In their get away car after the wedding are the newly married Kathleen Campbell Kennedy and James Tyrone Kennedy

Mary Ann Campbell has garter placed in preparation for her wedding. They are in the bride's home on Navahoe Street

Middle left is Lamatine Johnson, donor's oldest living cousin in Lakeland. Lamatine was honored by Pres. Clinton for the work he did with the youth in DC. This photo is from his second wedding in about the 70s. His mother, Leila is also pictured. This page is mainly photos from the wedding. Lamatine had five siblings, all from Lakeland. One didn't live through childhood.

Wedding Portrait Their ceremony was in the home of the bride's parents on Pierce Avenue

In cartoon cutout of couple at shotgun wedding

Dervey and Thelma Lomax in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary renewed their vows in a garden event at their home on Navahoe Street. Rev. Milton Covington, their pastor from First Baptist Church officiated just as he had fifty years before.

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.

Another angle of the donors' hands.

Wedding of Billy Jones and Violetta Sharps took place on the grounds of the bride's family home in the eastern part of Lakeland.

Furniture and mural have changed from earlier images. Scene was set for James Tyrone and Kathleen Campbell Kennedy

The pastor reading a passage from a pulpit.

Parents

Mrs. Walls is in her uniform as an usher at Embry AME Church

Wedding of Alfred Braxton

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Braxton