Marriage Announcements /Articles
from St. Clair County Newspapers
1950 - 1959



Savery – Cary
Miss Laura May Savery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Savery of Springfield, and William L. (Bill) Cary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cary of Iconium, were married Sunday morning at 9:00 o’clock at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Corda Medlin.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. Albert Gaston in the presence of the immediate families. The bride and groom was attended by the twin brother and sister of the groom, John and Jean Cary. Bill is a graduate of the Osceola high school, class of 1947. Mrs. Cary graduated last week from Springfield high school.
The Carys will make their home in Springfield where he has employment with a construction company.
(St. Clair County Courier, 1 June 1950)

Rosbrugh-Bennett
Miss Neva Rosbrugh and Wilton Bennett, students in the University of Missouri at Columbia, were married last Friday afternoon, Jan 31, in McMurry Chapel of the Missouri Methodist church in Columbia. The Reverend Wayne Hoehns of Attica, Iowa, brother-in-law of the bride, read the vows before an alter decorated in white gladioli and candelabra.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hermon Rosbrugh of Appleton City, Mo. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bennett, northwest of King City.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a floor length gown of white lace, satin and nylon tulle, which she made herself. The bodice was fashioned with long tapered sleeves and a sabrina scalloped neckline, dipping to a V in the back. The bouffant skirt of satin and tulle was accented with lace medallions. She wore a French illusion veil attached to a veil attached to a cascade bouquet of white carnations.
Mrs. Wayne Hoehns, sister of the bride, was matron of honor, and the brides maids were Miss Betty Sue Kincade, the bride's roommate, and another sister, Miss Leta Rosbrugh. Kristen Hoehns, a niece of the bride, was flower girl and Wesley Roemer carried the rings on a white satin pillow.
Robert Williamson of Lathrop was best man. John Bennett, brother of the bridegroom, and Galen Hart of Urick, Mo., were groomsmen. Ushers were Byron Rosbrugh, brother of the bride, and Mervin Johnson of King City. Guests at the wedding from the King City area were Melvin Gibson, Mervin and Dean Johnson, Bill and Edwin Chambers, Wayne Colborn, Tom Danbury, Helen Gossett, John Bennett, Andrew Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bennett.
(The Tri- County News, 1958)