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Family: George J GOLDEN / Miriam Ida EPPERSON (F1359)

m. 22 Dec 1944


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  • Male
    George J GOLDEN

    Birth  19 Jan 1919  Hurdland, Knox, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  14 Jan 1972  , Macon, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  17 Jan 1972  Maple Hills Cemetery, Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  22 Dec 1944  [1]  Washington, District of Columbia  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
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    Female
    Miriam Ida EPPERSON

    Birth  6 Dec 1924  Hurdland, Knox, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  30 May 1983  Kirksville, Adair, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  1983  Kirksville, Adair, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Harry Leonard EPPERSON | F474 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Elta Leona WOODS | F474 Group Sheet 

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    Spouse  LIVING | F1368 
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    Spouse  LIVING | F1367 
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    1. [S31] Miriam Epperson is Married, (unknown newspaper, 1 Feb 1945).
      Word of Wedding to Lt. George Golden in Washington is Learned

      Miss Miariam Epperson, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Epperson of Hurdland, and Lt. George J. Golden, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Golden of 808 East Harrison, Kirksville, were married at Walter Reed Chapel, WAshington, D.C., at 2:30 o'clock Dec. 22, it has just been made known. Col. Charles I. Carpenter, U. S. Army Chaplain, performed the single ring ceremony. The alter was decorated with baskets of white flowers and ferns with five-branch candelara on each side. The traditional wedding march and soft music during the ceremony was played by an Army organist.

      The bride wore and apple green suit with brown and white accessories and her corsage was of orchids. The maid of honor, who wore a yellow wool dress with black accessories and a corsage of talisman roses, was Miss Frances Janssen of Eddyville, Ia., a roommate of the bride.

      Lt. Col. Albert S.J. Dean of Shreveport, La., was best man for teh bridegroom.

      Mrs. Golden is a graduate of Hurdland High School and attended the Kirksville State Teachers College. She was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and has been employed by the War Department in the Pentagon Building, Washington, for the last two years and is secretary to teh executive officer, Supply Division, War Department General Staff.

      Lt. Golden was graduated from Kirksville HIgh School and attended the Kirksville State Teachers College. He was employed at the R.J. Hurley Lumber Company, Chillicothe, Mo., before going into the Army. Lt. Golden served with a parachute infantry unit in the 82nd Airborne Division and returned to Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, last August for treatment of woonds received in France. He is now a patient of the convalescent section.

      Following the reception, Lt. and Mrs. Golden left for a short honeymoon in New York City. They are now at home at 9001Butternut Street, N.W., Washington, and plan to return to Kirksville early in the spring.


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