Wedding Wednesday - Terrell and Hester Bynum Celebrate Golden Anniversary, 1972

Thomas Terrell Bynum and Hester Pearl Morris Bynum

Hattiesburg American - 8/7/1972

Thomas Terrell Bynum was the son of James Benjamin Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  He was a brother to my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum.

Wedding Wednesday - Edmonds and McGaughey

On October 19, 1873, Thomas Sanford Edmonds married Martha Ann Beatrice McGaughey in Walton County, Georgia.  Thomas was the son of James Powell Edmonds and Rebecca Snow.  

Thomas Sanford Edmonds was a brother to my paternal great grandfather, William Newell Edmonds.

Wedding Wednesday - Blackman and Steele

Al and Mollie Blackman Steele with daughters Allye and Lucille

Marriage Date:  April 13, 1898

Isham Alfonso "Al" Steele and Mary Virginia "Mollie" Blackman were married in Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana at the home of Mollie's grandparents, James Luther and Henrietta Smith.  Officiating the ceremony was Reverend T. H. McClendon.  J. D. Usher, Clay W. Fairbanks and John Henry Knight were listed as witnesses.

Al and Mollie Steele were my paternal great grandparents through their daughter, Mary Allye Steele Edmonds and their grandson, Bruce Alfonso Edmonds.

Wedding Wednesday - Bynum and Miller

Hattiesburg American - 10/19/1944

Nellie Kathleen Bynum was born on December 9, 1923 to the marriage of Robert Earl Bynum and Nellie May Redmond.  She was a sister to Infant Brother (1928) and Dorothy Ann Bynum.

Kathleen was the granddaughter of James Benjamin Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  She was the niece of my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum, who was a brother to Robert Earl.

Wedding Wednesday - Bynum Weds Clark

Hattiesburg American - 5/4/1946

Alice Mary Bynum was born in Lamar County, Mississippi on June 27, 1925 to the marriage of Thomas Terrell Bynum and Hester Pearl Morris.  She was a sister to an infant brother, an infant sister, Jimmie Pearl [Davis], Delores [Carter, Ford] and Nancy Carolyn [Walker].

Alice Mary Bynum was the granddaughter of James Benjamin "Ben" Bynum and Annie Jane Sumrall.  She was also the niece of my maternal grandfather, John Buel Bynum, who was Terrell's older brother.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Edmonds and Tinney

Monroe Morning World - 3/2/1964

James Thomas Edmonds, III was the son of James Thomas Edmonds, Jr. and Mary Catherine Cole.  His paternal grandparents were James Thomas Edmonds, Sr. and Minnie Anding.

He married a second time to Delores Ann Harveston.

James Thomas Edmonds, III was my 2nd cousin.

Wedding Wednesday ~ Smith Golden Anniversary

From the September 30, 1936 edition of the Monroe News Star in Monroe, Louisiana:

Francis Marion "Frank" Smith was the son of James Luther and Henrietta D, Smith of Sicily Island, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

On September 19, 1886, Frank Smith married Nettie Watson in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

Nettie S. Watson was the daughter of Elias W. and Sarah Ann Mathis Watson of Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana.

Frank Smith was a brother to my great great grandmother, Virginia Jane "Jennie" Smith Blackman.