Marriage Reception (1907)
The marriage reception of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Voorhies was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. DeWees, of Ament street, Monday evening. The large number of friends of the happy pair who were present joined in the festivities of the occasion. The newly wedded pair was the recipient of a large number of presents. Those present were Mesdames Richard Merrill, Wm. James, Wm. Perkins, A.B. Brown, Bettie Anderson, Nellie Williams, Lizzie Barnes, Susie Perkins, Misses Vannoy C. Webster, Mary Whittaker, Evelina Barnes, Eleanor Battle, Carrie Ewing, Susie L. Dodson, Carrie Walker, Velma Mosely, Amanda Edmonson, J. DeWitt Shorter, Lottie Harris, Beulah Perkins, Brucie Mal Ewing, Bessie Garrett, Virginia Whittaker, Clara Frierson, Fannie Watkins, Eloise Frierson, Emma James, Estella Bright, Leola Bright, Lillie Bright, Matilda L. Hargraves, Maggie Hargraves, Lizzie Stockell, Mai LIza Stockell, Lottie Harris, Annie M. Rucker; Messrs. Orlando J. Voorhees, J.L.G. Voorhies, Thos. Webster, S. Voorhies, Thomas Webster, Shedrick Joiner, James E. Hurt, E. Foster, J. W. Franklin, F. M. Rhodes, G. H. Reid, E. M. McIntosh, Wm. Perkins, Hugo Stokes, E. J. Frierson, George O. Darden, L. O. Walker, Sam Huston, Leon Hurt, Scovel Richardson, George Upshaw, Ed. Frierson, James L. Hunter, Jr., J.O. Battle, Allen Whittaker, Sam Tenner, Andrew Hudson, Milton Darden, Joe Webster, Sr., Joe Webster Jr., Lewis Walker, Charlie Walker, H. B. Stokes, Marshall Reynolds, Richard Perkins and Thos. J. Webster.
Source: Nashville Globe. 18 January 1907. Available online at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers