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Pfl 4C Sumter SC Sunday January 27 1991 The ITEM I mm 1 The reception was held at the Forest Lake Club The rehearsal party was held at the Pine Tree Hunt Club After a wedding trip to Jamaica the couple resides in Augusta Ga Britton-Stuckey CHARLESTON Elizabeth Lang Britton and James Davis Stuckey III were united in marriage at noon Saturday Jan 26 at St Episcopal Church The bride is the daughter of Dr and Mrs John James Britton She graduated from Clemson University She is employed as director ness development by General Engineering Laboratories in Charleston The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard Louis Johnston of Cay-ce He attended Clemson University He is employed as a sales representative by Pearlstine Distributors Inc in Charleston The Rev Benjamin Bosworth Smith officiated at the ceremony Music was provided by Emily Remington organist and Marvin Kendrick Ballard III vocalist Mrs Samuel Marvin Hunter III and Mrs Charles Vernon Noyes III served as matrons of honor Bryan Keith Stuckey brother of the bridegroom served as best man Groomsmen were John James Britton Jr Henry Mixon and Daniel Lee Emerson The reception was held at the Charleston Yacht Club The rehearsal party was held at 82 Queen Charleston After a wedding trip to Treasure Cay the couple will reside in Charleston Mills-Pagano MADEIRA BEACH Fla Denise Elena Mills formerly of Sumter and Mark Christopher Pag-ado of St Petersburg Fla were united in mar- riage at 6 pm Saturday Jan 26 at the Church- By-The-Sea The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Mills She is employed' by Bank in St Petersburg The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Gerard Pagano of Tierre Verde Fla He is employed by Professional Bayway Management of Tierre Verde The Rev Leon Hermes officiated at the ceremony Music was provided by Mrs Mary Gibson or- MRS MARK PAGANO ganist Given in marriage by her parents the bride wore a white gown of imported silk organza and taffeta embroidered with alencon lace appliques and featuring a fitted bodice English net yoke with a pearl and lace medallion at the neckline a basque waistline double row of organza ruffles edging the skirt and a chapel train She carried her wedding bible topped with a bouquet of white and mauve silk roses Terry Kathleen Calhoun sister of the bride served as matron of honor John Pagano brother of the bridegroom served as best man Ushers were Paul Mills brother of the bride and Jerry Pagano brother of the bridegroom The reception was held at the Upham Room City Hall St Petersburg The rehearsal dinner was held at the home of the parents The couple will reside in St Petersburg Manning-Barwick COLUMBIA Lucinda WoodlifF Manning and Dr Ethredge Myron Barwick Jr were united in marriage at noon Saturday Jan 26 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral The bride is the daughter of Mrs Thomas Wannamaker Lane Sr of Pawleys Island and Burwell Deas Manning Jrof Columbia She graduated from St in Baltimore Md and received a -bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of South Carolina She is employed as a registered nurse in outpatient surgery at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Ethredge Myron Barwick Sr He graduated from Wilson Hall and received a bachelor of science degree from Wofford College in Spartanburg and a doctorate of medicine from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine He is employed as a general surgery resident at Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia The Rev Susan Heath officiated at the ceremony Music was provided by John Haney organist Given in marriage by her father the bride wore a formal wedding gown of ivory silk taffeta and alencon laoe featuring off-the-shoulder short puff sleeves appliqued with lace two small bows attached to the back of the drop waistline and a softly gathered skirt which fell into a cathedral length train edged in a border of scalloped lace She wore a cathedral length veil which was attached to a lace headpiece that belonged to her grandmother Elizabeth Meredith Manning served as matron of honor with Mrs Katharine Manning Zeigler as matron of honor Bridesmaids were Lynn Kalmbach Manning Mary Riley MrS Madalyn Hallum Roach and Mrs Edith Royall Mohn The father served as best man Groomsmen were Mark Stephen Hoffman Abner Spuil Alexander Burwell Deas Manning III Dr Timothy Ross Brown Daniel John Fritze and Issac McDuffie Stone Senior ushers were Willard Laveme Jacobs Dr Harold Woodliff Sanford and Chappele Heath Manning Prenuptial parties were held in Litchfield Beach Sumter and Columbia The reception was held at the Wildewood Country Club The rehearsal party was held at the Palmetto Club After a wedding trip to Ixtapa Mexico the couple will reside in Columbia Shaneka Leonard were flower girls Lynell Hammond and Jerome Smith served best men Groomsmen were Darryl Ramsey Kari Ramsey and Alonzo Jones Hazel Leonard Budden III served as ring bearer Prenuptial parties were given by Patricia Daniels Brenda Jones Tonya Ramsey and Gina Ramsey The reception was held at Big Restau- I rant The rehearsal party was held at the home of -the bride After a wedding trip to Columbia the couple resides in Sumter Parker-Durham i FORT CAMPBELL Ky Amy Dawn Parker and Michael Wayne Durham were united in marriage at 3 pm Sunday Sept 2 1990 at Grace Chapel -The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Linwood Parker of Polkton NC and the granddaughter of the late Mildred Matthews Marshall of Lake City Homer A Marshall and the late Esther Copeland Marshall and the late Richmond Millard Sr and Lula Curran Parker of Polkton She graduated from Forest Hills High School and expects to receive a bachelor of arts degree in Ehglish and a minor in organizational communications from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in May She received her commission in the United States Army Reserve National Guard in May 1990 and serves with the 30th ENG BDE (TA) in Charlotte The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Durham of Greensboro and the grand- son of Frank and Mary Bettini of Brown Summit NC and the late Archie and Margaret Durham of Summerfleld NC He graduated from North-! east Guilford High School and received a bache-f lor of science degree in geology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte He received his commission in the United States Army (RA) in 1988 and serves with the 101st ABN DIV (AASLT) at Fort Campbell Ky The Rev Merca McKinney officiated at the double-ring ceremony Escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents the bride wore a long white satin sheath gown accented with embroidered lace pearls and sequins and featuring a sweeping sweetheart neckline long fitted tapered sleeves dropped waistline a mermaid hemline and a chapel length train She carried a lace covered bible presented to her by her parents along with a cascade of mixed pastel parchment -flowers of sweetheart roses larkspur cream and peach lilies dogwood blossoms and purple statice The attendant was Hugh (Woody) Parker Jr brother of the bride Honorary attendants were Mrs Tawnya Parker sister-in-law of the bride Mrs Karen Theis and Mrs Pamela Bantel sister of the bridegroom The father and Jeff Durham brother of the bridegroom served as attendants The two brothers also served as ushers ir The reception was given by the parents at Wohali Pavilion on Post The rehearsal dinner was given by the bridegroom Sept 1 in Hopkinsville Ky Several prenuptial parties were given by friends and family of the bride and bridegroom Upon the return from deployment in Saudi Arabia the couple will reside at Fort Campbell Ky Ardis-Bradley Patricia Elizabeth Ardis and Timothy James Bradley were united in marriage at 3 pm Tuesday November 27 1990 The bride is the daughter of Jim Ardis She attended Furman High School The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs James Arthur Bradley He attended Furman High School He is employed by Ace Parker Tire Service Thompson-Chapman COLUMBIA Elinor Page Thompson and Augustus Graham Chapman were united in marriage at 6:30 pm Saturday Jan 19 at St The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Elliott Duborg Thompson of Columbia and the granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Jerry Page She received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the College of Charleston The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs John Franklin Chapman Jr and the late Emily Graham Chapman He received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from The Citadel The Rev Sefton Francis James Abbott and the Rev Harold Page Lewis officiated at the ceremony Music was provided by English Morris organist Mr and Mrs Fritz de Young violinists and Dr Keith Armstrutz trumpeter Given in marriage by her father the bride wore her wedding gown of ivory silk organza embroidered in alencon lace and featuring a Queen Anne neckline outlined by garlands of lace sequins and pearls which extended into cap sleeves on the bodice a row of small covered buttons down the center and a dome shaped skirt which ended in a cathedral train She wore a pearl necklace given by her father to her mother as a wedding gift She carried a cascade bouquet of casablanca lilies freesia and stephanotis with touches of tea dyed pearls Mrs Edward Hamer Darby served as matron of honor Bridesmaids were Mrs Roy Lee Faulks sister of the bridegroom Latan Linn Chambers Anne Elliott Hopkins Dolly Dupree Wells Mrs Henry Ravenel Dwight deLoach sister of the bridegroom Mrs John Deleon Moise Yvonne Wemmer Jane Henderson Barrett and Mary Katherine Mueller Emily Chapman Faulks served as flower girl The father served as best man Groomsmen were John Franklin Chapman III and William Lee Chapman brothers of the bridegroom Thomas Jefferson Goodwyn Jr stepbrother of the bridegroom Roy Lee Faulks and Henry Ravenel Dwight deLoach brothers-in-law of toe bridegroom Elliott Duborg Thompson Jr and Robert Guignard Thompson brothers of the bride Jon Daniel Andrews David Shuler Black Robert Marsh Lafltte William Gordon Lyles III Thomas Venable Moorman Thomas Lowndes Pope William Arthur Luce Randolph Lee Smith and Thomas West Snead Ramsey-Smith Brenda Ramsey and LaVerne Smith Jr were united in marriage at 7 pm December 24 1990 at Big Restaurant The bride is-the daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Henry She graduated from Wyandanch High School in New York She is employed as assistant manager by Chess King Store The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Laveme Smith Sr He graduated from Woodbridge American High School in Wood-bridge England He is a member of the United MR MRS LAVERNE SMITH JR Ridgeway-Thompson CLARENDON Deborah Dianne Ridgeway and Hugh Ray Thompson Jr were united in marriage at 7 pm Saturday Jan 19 at Clarendon Baptist Church The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Tommy Ridgeway Sr She graduated from Manning High School She is employed by the Comfort Inn of Manning The bridegroom is the son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Ray Thompson Sr He graduated from Christian Academy and Sumter Area Technical College He is self-employed by Thompson Farms of Alcolu The Rev Norman Rogers officiated at the ceremony Music was provided by Mrs Brenda Thompson organist and Mrs Brenda Harrelson vocalist Given in marriage by her parents the bride wore a gown of white bridal satin and European lace featuring a satin basque bodice high neckline long sleeves appliqued with sprays of beads and pearls and a softly gathered skirt which ended in a semi-cathedral train She carried white and pink roses accented with breath Mrs Cindy Thompson served as matron of honor Bridesmaids were Gayle Byers and Paula Barwick Marian Barwick served as flower girl The father served as best man Groomsmen were Harold Thompson Jr and Jerry Thompson Prenuptial parties were given by Cindy Thompson Garnet Thompson Donna Morris Brenda Harrelson Ruth Hazel Turner Connie Burke Debbie Royer Marie Parker and Vickie Fickling The reception was held at the church The rehearsal party was held at the Manning Restaurant After a wedding trip to Florida the couple resides in Alcolu States Marine Corp The Rev LW Walker Jr and Dr TO Everett officiated at the ceremony Music was provided by Terry Moore organist and Lana Mac Floydean McLeod and Chedric Jones vocalists Given in marriage by her father the bride wore a formal gown of white taffeta featuring a princess line bodice accented with seed pearls a Victorian neckline a fitted waist accented with a butterfly bow and a cathedral length train She carried a cascade bouquet of bridal red roses highlighted with white and pink carnations and accented with breath Tonya Ramsey served as maid of honor with Brenda Jones as matron of honor Bridesmaids were Gina Ramsey sister of the bride Sonya Mc-Elveen and Jocelyn Budden Coresha Henry and is Researcher: Americans more aware of age than ever By FRED PIERETTI Associated Press Writer The Item publishes engagement and wedding announcements of local interest on Sundays The normal deadline for engagement announcements is noon on the preceding Wednes-day Wedding deadline is noon on the preceding Monday Both the engagement and wedding information may be submitted in story fdrm but The Item edits all material it publishes Please type or print the information paying particu- lar attention to names Photographs should be of ret production quality For our purposes black and white pho-tographs are preferable Photo- graphs that will not reproduce clearly will not be accepted thing to be feted said Dr Gene Cohen deputy director of the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda Md there is a growing number of people who are aging Cohen said when large numbers of people did not age well people expected a traumatic and dismal later In fact the American tradition of celebrating birthdays is itself only about 100 years old according to Howard Chudacoff a professor of history at Brown University Chudacoff has traced the evolution of age consciousness in this countiy in Old Are (Princeton University Press 1990) Chudacoff who specializes in the history of urban society writes that the arrival of the first birthday cards around the turn of the century coincided with a growing emphasis on age: It was at this time that children first were grouped into classes by age and that pediatrics was established as a separate medical specialty The annual marking of birthday became not only a personal milestone but a way for a person to relate to society But the widespread celebration of birthdays and growing awareness of age had its downside Ageism is a shorthand for representing certain abilities in Chudacoff said gender and the 47-year-old author writes cannot be changed To disadvantage individuals merely because they possess a particular characteristic one for which they cannot be held morally responsible offends traditionally American sensibilities of While Americans remain preoccupied with their individual biological timeclocks view of growing old is changing experts agree Chudacoff also thinks age consciousness may have peaked that ty is possibly entering into an era of Cohen agrees and describes this trend as the of Chudacoff however argues that Ameri-can society will still rely on age as a tool to gauge achievement or buttress certain mores It will still be taboo or at least frowned upon for a 65-year-old to marry a 25-year-old he said Americans live longer than in any other period of the history They are also ironically it seems more obsessed about age and growing old than ever Look in any card shop for evidence Row upon row of birthday cards offer congratulations for eveiy age group from newborns to 90-year-olds Cards for people reaching the current landmark 40th birthday particularly abound as the baby boom generation enters middle age But it always so Even in this century prior to major advances in medicine and education growing old was not some.