{"id":526,"date":"2011-12-04T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T00:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea2\/?p=526"},"modified":"2011-12-04T18:33:02","modified_gmt":"2011-12-05T00:33:02","slug":"golden-wedding-celebration-of-w-r-and-sabria-clack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/golden-wedding-celebration-of-w-r-and-sabria-clack\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Wedding Celebration of W. R. and Sabria Clack"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Rhea County News, Sept. 17, 1915<\/em> <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 12, 1915, was a great day for Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Clack, who
\nlive in Rhea county, about ten miles east of Spring City. Fifty years ago on
\nthat date William Raleigh Clack, a native born Rhea countian, then 26 years of
\nage, led to the marriage altar Miss Sabria C. Newport, who was his junior by
\nten years, and who was also born and reared in Rhea county. This happy young
\ncouple began housekeeping at the old Clack home on White’s Creek, in the
\nextreme upper end of Rhea county, soon after their marriage, and there they
\nhave lived and raised a family of six children, four girls and two boys.<\/p>\n

All of the children and their families were present at this golden wedding
\ncelebration except two: Hugh Baxter Clack, who married Miss Bertha East, and
\nwho are now citizens of the state of Montana, and Sarah Clementine Clack, who
\nmarried J.H. Manis, and who also lives in Montana. The following is a complete
\nlist of the 65 guest at this gathering:<\/p>\n

Children: Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Galloway, Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Galloway, Mr. and
\nMrs. R.M. Clack, Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Sharp.<\/p>\n

Grandchildren: Mr. and Mrs. R.W. Galloway, Mrs. Jessie Armstrong, Bessie
\nClack, Nellie Clack, Lela Clack, Willie Clack, Morgan Clack, Pauline Galloway,
\nMaggie Ruth Galloway, Sabria Galloway, Edward Galloway.<\/p>\n

Other near relatives: Dr. and Mrs. J. Morgan Clack, Dr. Walter Clack, J.
\nMorgan Clack, Jr., Mollie Clack, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Stinecipher, A.J.
\nStinecipher, Martin Stinecipher, Jesse Stinecipher, Mary Stinecipher, Florence
\nStinecipher, Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Stinecipher, Jack East, Lena East, Mr. and Mrs.
\nS.S. Eaves, Idella Eaves, Flossie Eaves, Sam Eaves, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry
\nCotton, Annie French, Mary Treadway, Eliza Etter, Mrs. Hattie Cate, Mr. and
\nMrs. W.C. Profitt, Luther Majors, Mollie Majors, W.D. Smith, Alice Smith, Mrs.
\nAnnie Chattin, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Rogers, Laura Garrison, George Stinecipher.<\/p>\n

Those not relatives: Judge M.S. Holloway, Dr. W.P. McDonald.<\/p>\n

No average country house could accommodate such a large crowd as this so a
\nnumber of tables were placed on the beautiful lawn in front of the house and
\nfrom these the dinner was served in picnic style; and when the dinner hour
\narrived all the guests, with Mr. and Mrs. Clack, assembled around the tables
\nand the roll was called. After this Mr. Clack made a short talk bidding the
\nguests welcome and thanking them for their attendance. Then the feasting began
\nand if any one present did not get a square meal it was his own fault. There
\nwas enough fried chicken there to have stampeded a Methodist Conference, and
\neverything else was in proportion.<\/p>\n

Mr. Clack is a Mason, and it is reasonable to suppose that the secrets of that
\ngreat order are the only things that his good wife has not shared with him.
\nThey are both active members of the Baptist church, and no better people ever
\nlived in any community than they. They have walked hand in hand for fifty
\nyears, sharing their joys, and the Lord has made their sorrows few. It is a
\ngreat comfort to each of them to know that during all those years of their
\nwedded life not a single difference has come up. It seems that when they were
\nwed, their lives, like mingled dew drops on the rose, were blended into one,
\nand they have become one as husband and wife.<\/p>\n

Mr. Clack was a true and loyal soldier for the cause of the Southland in the
\nwar of the sixties and wears a “Cross of Honor” conferred on him by
\nthe United Daughters of the Confederacy in recognition of his valuable services
\nfor the “Lost Cause”.<\/p>\n

After dinner was over the time was spent in social conversation and in
\nlooking at the many valuable presents given Mr. and Mrs. Clack on this
\noccasion. While the gifts were mostly of gold, in keeping with the custom, yet
\nthere were some of great beauty and value that were not gold.<\/p>\n

Late in the afternoon the guests departed, each wishing this happy old-young
\ncouple continued joy and prosperity, and craving an invitation to their
\n“Diamond Wedding” in due time. May they live to celebrate it; and may
\ntheir joys of fifty years continue on and on justas long as the Great Master
\nallows them to remain on earth.<\/p>\n

W.P. McDonald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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