Individual Details

Marriage

Miss Evelyn Jackie Furr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. 0. Furr of Greensboro, became the bride of Ensign Hugh S. Johnson Jr., son of Mrs. Ethel Southerland Johnson and the late Hugh S. Johnson of Rose Hill, Saturday afternoon, January 29th at three o’clock in the Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, with the Rev. Crowe, pastor of the church, of officiating. The organist of the church, Cpl. William Watkins of Camp Davis played the traditional wedding marches. The Chapel was decorated with palms, white gladiola, and white candles. The bride, given in marriage by Mr. W. G. Farmer, a friend of the bride and a cousin of the groom, wore a heavenly blue wool suit with navy and white accessories, and a corsage of white, yellow throated, Orchid. Mr. F. T. Johnson, of Hertford, uncle of the groom, was best man. Following the ceremony the bride and groom left for Corpus Christi, Texas. Mrs. Johnson attended Elise Academy, Hemp, and was a graduate nurse of James Walker Memorial Hospital, Wilmington. Ensign Johnson was graduated from Rose Hill High School, attended Oak Ridge Military Institute and Motts Business School in Wilmington. He is now stationed at Rodd Field Instructor’s School, Corpus Christi, Texas, where they will make their home.