The above pictures are the chapel at UVA. This is where Raymond Lee Alley married his highschool sweetheart, Elizabeth Ann Templin. Liz wore a gown of (surprise!) lavender that she made herself. The cloth for this dress started it's life as a funeral banner, but fortunately, that had no superstitious effect on the marriage!
Apparently, no one told UVA that a wedding was to take place as the grounds keepers had liberally sprinkled the surrounding lawn with manure! To this day, Liz says everytime she smells manure, she blissfully remembers her wedding.
Ray and Liz had a wonderful marriage. Their love survived the long years, the sudden death of a child, and the imfamous bow-tie racks, until finally it was death that parted them.
May we all be so blessed.
~Jill
2 comments:
What a cool photo and GREAT post !
YEAH !! I was thinking that it would be cool if there was a wedding photo with this post ! I love it !!
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