A Joyous Occasion

Not a Christmas picture, but it sure is a good-looking picture of a happy occasion from August 1945.

I am struck by how lovely Ama looks. Then I realize with a start that I am older now than she was then.

Grandpa looks as if the jury is still out on the new son-in-law. Mom looks pretty and pleased, and Dad is quite handsome.

If I remember correctly, Mom was wearing her sister-in-law Nina's wedding dress. The war was on and many luxuries were hard to come by. I remember that Mom told me that as wedding gifts they received something like a "due bill" that friends had purchased for their china collection. Mom and Dad were given a piece of paper promising a plate or a saucer, for example, when it became available.

I wonder where this picture was taken. They were married at Ivy Creek Methodist Church. It's a beautiful little church, but I cannot picture any place at the church that would have looked liked this even in 1945.

Mom's update: This picture was taken in Mom's family living room in the Mulberry community near Autaugaville.