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Our Story 2       Curtis & Carolyn: The Wedding Rehearsal & Cake Cutting     Carolyn and I had originally hoped to be married at Greenway Baptist Church in Boone - the church we attended during our senior year at Appalachian State University (1974 - 1975) - but they had a policy that only church member could use the church for weddings, so we decided to get married at Mathis Chapel Baptist Church in Catawba, NC - my family church.    Carolyn and I ask Bobby Taylor, a close family friend, to officiate at our wedding.  Carolyn's mother and brother had said they would not come to the wedding, so Carolyn asked John Wessell to give her away and Bettie Wessell to sit in the place of her mother.  The Wessell family had been our "adopted family" for the last two years we were at ASU.  Betty took Carolyn under her wing while she was still at ASU and provided the mothering she needed.  She took Carolyn shopping and bought her three nightgowns for the honeymoon, as well as a Betty Crocker Cookbook (which we still have).    The wedding rehearsal was on Friday, June 6th, at Mathis Chapel Baptist Church in Catawba, NC.    John Wessell and Carolyn walk down the aisle during the rehearsal     Steve and Janie Harwell hosted the cake'cutting at their home.  Steve & Janie attended Mathis Chapel and had been close friends for years.  The girls in the wedding party actually stayed at Steve & Janie's house the night before the wedding, while the guys stayed at Curtis' house - actually the empty building that had once housed Loftin's Tire Service, Loftin's Clothing Outlet, and The Lighthouse Youth Ministry.   Mrs. Flora Edwards Stewart made the wedding cake for Curtis & Carolyn.  Mrs. Stewart had kept Curtis as a baby and he had always considered her a second "Mama".  Curtis' sister-in-law, Diane Loftin, helped serve food.   The Wedding Cake   Diane Loftin & Mrs. Flora Edwards Stewart   I have created a "Tribute" page for Mrs. Stewart on the website and there are some additional photos CLICK HERE to check them out     Curtis & Carolyn pose for a few photos   Getting ready to cut the cake   We froze the top layer and saved it for our one-year anniversary   Sam had been sick for several years prior to the wedding.  When we couldn't get Greenway Baptist as the church for our wedding, one of the reasons we chose Mathis Chapel was because Sam wasn't able to travel.  The wedding was in 1975.  Sam died in 1979 at the age of 61.   Sam & Willie Loftin - Curtis' Parents   Carolyn asked Anita Wheeler Tyner, her best friend from high school, to be her matron of honor.   Tony & Anita Wheeler Tyner         Curtis & Carolyn: The Wedding     Carolyn & I got married on Saturday, 07 Jun 1975, 3:00 p.m., at Mathis Chapel Baptist Church.  The Rev. Bobby Lee Taylor officiated.   There was very little money to help with the wedding - none from Carolyn's family, and very little from mine.  Carolyn purchased the satin fabric that was to become her wedding dress and actually made it herself.  In an effort not to ruin the fabric, she first made the dress using a old sheet.  One was had long-sleeved and the other was short.  She settled on the short sleeve and began to cut the fabric and sew the dress.   The "practice' dress   The day of the wedding, Tony Sanford teased me unmercifully.  He'd tell me, "You have three hours till you get married".  "Two hours and thirty minutes".  "Two hours". "One hour and thirty minutes".  "One hour and 15 minutes". "One hour".  ... and so on until it was "Thirty minutes", "Fifteen minutes", and "Ten minutes".  Tony was really enjoying himself.   There was no money for flowers to decorate the church, so the morning of the wedding, Tony and I went out into a field beside of our house and picked wild flowers, Queen Anne's Lace, Daisys, and so on.  The only flowers purchased were the three long-stemmed yellow roses that she carried.     Curtis & Carolynn kneeling before Rev. Bobby Taylor   Carolyn presented a yellow rose to my mother, Willie, and one to Bettie Wessell, who was sitting in place of her mother      Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Loftin   Curtis & Carolyn with Paula Schronce, flower girl (and Curtis' 1st cousin's daughter), and Nathan Harwell, ring bearer     BRIDESMAIDS Ann Hamilton, Beverly Loftin, Carolyn, Paula Schronce, Anita Wheeler Tyner and Angela Taylor Anita Wheeler Tyner was Matron of Honor Anita was Carolyn's best friend from high school, Angela was Curtis' "adopted" little sister from the church, Beverly was Curtis' niece (daughter of his brother Billy Ray), Ann was Curtis & Carolyn's closest female friend from ASU, and Paula was the daughter of Curtis' first cousin Brenda Isenhour Schronce.   GROOMSMEN Bill Mitchell, Dan Wessell, Curtis, Nathan Harwell, Billy Ray Loftin and Bill Shearin Billy Ray Loftin as Best Man Bill Shearin & Bill Mitchell were college friends of Curtis & Carolyn, Dan had originally been a student of Carolyn's from Wataugh High School but them we "adopted" him and his entire family, Nathan Harwell was the son of Steve and Janie Richardson Harwell, and Billy Ray (William Ray) Loftin was Curtis' older brother.     Billy Ray, Curtis & Carolyn greet guest as they exit the church   Bill MItchell, Dan Wessell and Bill Shearin (David Shearin & John Wessell in the background)     RECEPTION   Following the wedding, everyone went back over to Curtis' parents house for a small reception.   Ann sits on Sam's lap; Carolyn     (Left) Kathy King and Charlie Ross, (Right) Diane & Billy Loftin   Kathy sang at the wedding and Charlie Ross played the piano.  Charlie actually played the piano for the gospel singing group the Imperials for a short season.   Tony & Anita Wheeler Tyner   (Left) Dale Shearin and Beverly Loftin, (Right) John Wessell - Carolyn and WIllie Loftin in the background   Tony Sanford and Ann Hamilton with Eric & Crystal Loftin (Curtis' niece and nephew)             The Observer-News-Enterprise Newspaper                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Curtis & Carolyn: Our Wedding                                                                                                                                                                                                                           On our honeymoon, where did we go?  Back to Boone.  We spent the weekend at one of the mountain overlook hotels.  The place would eventually be converted to condominiums years down the road.                                       If you have additional photos or information contact me at