11/05/2025
ATLANTA CLERGYMAN TAKES KEYSER BRIDE (Eighty-nine years ago yesterday, Catherine Wood married Peter Marshall. This article appeared in Cumberland, Maryland, Evening Times. The photo is of the newlyweds and their attendants.
Rev John A. Wood Officiates for Daughter and the Rev. Peter Marshall.
Keyser, W. Va., Nov. 4, 1936--Rev. Peter Marshall and Miss Sarah Catherine Wood were married this afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church by Rev. John A. Wood, pastor, father of the bride. The double ring Presbyterian service was used.
Preceding the ceremony Mrs. Frank Hott, Mrs. Fred Hamill, Mrs. J. H. Phillips and Mrs. John W. Johnston sang "O Perfect Love" and Kenneth Malcolm, of Barton, sang two numbers, "Calm is the Night, Deep is the Sea," and "O Holy Savior, Friend Unseen."
Mrs. Clyde B. Hott played the Lohengrin and Mendelssohn marches.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her brother, Robert A. Wood, wore white satin made on princess lines with a lace yoke and collar of Mary of Scotland design. Her veil was very sheer net edged with lace and arranged in cap effect with orange blossoms across the back. She carried a bouquet of cream roses and lilies of the valley tied with tulle ribbon.
Miss Shirley Christian, of Chattanooga, was maid of honor. She wore sapphire blue velvet with turban to match and carried talisman roses tied with tulle of the same color.
Henry Hope, of Atlanta, was best man and the ushers were Richard Romig, John Winters, J. Clark Bright and Richard H. Keys.
A color scheme of green and white was used in the decorations of ferns and chrysanthemums and the church was lighted with candles.
The bride's mother, Mrs. John A. Wood, wore royal blue velvet with turban to match and a corsage of gardenias.
Dinner At The Manse
After the wedding a dinner for the bridal party and out-of-town guests was served at the home of the bride's parents at the Manse, Overton Place.
Mrs. Marshall, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Whitaker, of Montreat, N. C., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Wood, of Johnson City, Tenn., is descended from a long line of Presbyterian ministers on both sides. Her ancestors took an active part in establishing and organizing the first Presbyterian churches and schools in America. She was graduated from the Keyser High School, class of 1932, and from Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga., 1936, where she received her B. A. degree.
Mr. Marshall, who is the son of the late Peter Marshall and Mrs. P. M. Findlay, Coatsbridge, Scotland, was graduated from the Coatsbridge Technical College with an engineering degree. Since coming to America nine years ago, he was graduated from the Columbia Theological Seminary, of Decatur, Ga., in the class of 1931, where he received his B. D. degree. His first charge was at Covington, Ga., and for the past three years he has been pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, Ga., where he and Mrs. Marshall will reside on Durand Drive after an eastern honeymoon trip.
Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hope, Sr., Henry Hope, Jr., Miss Ruby Coleman, Willard Daughtery, Atlanta; Mrs. Mary Davenport, Marietta, Ga.; Miss Shirley Christian, Chattanooga Tenn.; and Mrs. L. P. Wood and Mrs. Rudy Boiling, Winston-Salem, N. C.
Evening Times, Cumberland, Maryland, Wednesday, November 4, 1936, Page 11
