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Gail Barber Boyd marries Charles Edward Bush III
The couple was married by Pastor Ruth Bradley of Moravia, N.Y., the bride's sister, and the Reverend Doctor Denni Moss of Washington, pastor of the Church of the Mediator. The front of the house down the stairs to the front of the fountain where guests were seated was decorated with smilax, ferns and white hydrangeas. Many candelabra wrapped in greenery, an antique goat cart filled with white hydrangea, and antique church pews placed in the front for the children of the bride and bridegroom were used. Church fans decorated with the letter "B" and green ribbons were placed on guests' chairs. The "Voices of Truth," a 14- member gospel choir directed by Dr. James Smith of Athens, sang before, during and at the end of the ceremony. All the bride's grandchildren took part in the ceremony. Ethan and Mason Jones of Tignall, grandsons, played a violin duet while granddaughters, Rebecca Lassiter Magruder of Atlanta and Ella Sophia Boyd of Athens, were flower girls. Grandson, Will Boyd Magruder of Atlanta, was ringbearer. Her granddaughters wore beautiful Cinderella antique white silk dresses with organza skirts and celadon green bustles and bows. They carried flower girl baskets filled with rose petals and wore halos of roses and greenery on their heads. Lewis Brown of Washington was Mr. Bush's best man. The bride was married in a silk taffeta blouse and celadon green taffeta tea-length skirt. Her bouquet was made of white roses, light green hydrangeas, freesia and tulips. Reception The reception following the ceremony took place on the side pasture of the home. The guests walked a path of white and pink impatiens under a huge decorated chandelier to the tent where they passed by the area set aside for the children. Kathy Lindsey of Washington had prepared a children's table filled with games, balloons, and toys in front of the old smokehouse in the backyard. There was a separate menu for the more than 30 children who attended the wedding. Bride and bridegroom scarecrows decorated in antique clothing greeted the guests as they went into the tent. The bride scarecrow's bouquet consisted of radishes from the local Farmers Market and her face was painted by Katherine Barber of Washington. Her dress was the first prom dress worn by Whitney Paxton whose mother, Marcia Paxton, helped to decorate the scarecrows along with Susan Abramson who will use them for her daughter's outdoor wedding in June. The tent was decorated with bronze chandeliers, arrangements of white roses, white hydrangeas and smilax. Some tables were covered in chocolate brown burlap and white linen while other tables were covered in green and white hydrangea-covered chintz. Guests enjoyed many stations of different types of food and drink. The highlights of the food tables were the chocolate fountain and praline station. Guests were given praline gifts in monogrammed bags as favors to take home. The wedding cake was a threetiered round cake consisting of white-velvet raspberry and Spanish lemon decorated with Swiss dots with "B" on either side. Music was by the Artie Ball Swing Band of Athens. They played a variety of dance music that young and old enjoyed. The bride and bridegroom's first dance was "It's a Wonderful World" made famous by Louis Armstrong.
One hundred thirty guests were included.
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