A Big Turnout at Broadway

John and I were married in the Chapel at Broadway on October 22, 1954, with Helen Joyce West playing the organ. Mostly classical music. (John was reared a Baptist and he joined Broadway before we were married.)

Friends decorated the Chapel and the Fellowship Hall for the reception. There was a beautiful candelabra with a flower arrangement on either side of the pulpit. Carolyn and Jim lit those candles before John and I came in. Then they sat with Mother and Aunt Eva.

John and I walked in together. Beth Ann was my maid of honor, and John’s brother, Henry was his best man.

The Chapel was so full that chairs were brought in for people to sit in. Many of John's friends at his work came. Many people came from the medical community, and many more friends from church joined us.
Mommy and Daddy Benton were not well and couldn't come, but James' brother Roddy served as an usher.

Bill and Eloise Coffey also drove from Connecticut with their family for the affair. There were many people who wished us well.

And sure enough, Sam Cunningham was right about Lake Murray being the perfect honeymoon place for John and me.