Garth Poe Weds Margaret Smittle
A wedding of interest to Paden City and New Martinsville residents occurred Friday when Margaret Smittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smittle of Paden City, became the bride of Garth Poe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Poe of Fourth street.
The vows were exchanged at an informal ceremony at six o'clock at the parsonage of the First Christian Church on Martin avenue. Rev. W. H. Sliter, pastor of the church, officiated.
Attendants were Helen Leibforth of Paden City, who acted as maid of honor, and Joe Shepherd, who served the groom as best man. Guests included the parents of both principals, and Mrs. Clara Potts.
The bride wore a street-length dress of blue crepe, accentuated with a corsage of red roses. Her turban and accessories were of wine.
Miss Leibforth was dressed in green crepe, with which she wore black accessories.
Immediately following the ceremony the couple left for a weekend trip through Ohio.
Mrs. Poe is a graduate of Magnolia High School with the class of 1940. The groom was graduated in 1938, and has since been employed at the Universal Concrete Pipe Company.
The couple are at home on Center street, New Martinsville.
(The Wetzel Republican, New Martinsville, WV, Friday, Friday, October 4, 1940)
Daughter of Walter Smittle and Jessie Potts. Margaret married Garth Edgar Poe in 1940 in Wetzel Co., WV. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Wetzel Co. Clerk's office, a member of the First Baptist Church in New Martinsville and a volunteer at Wetzel Co. Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Dillon B. and Walter J. Smittle.
Survivors include two sons, five grandchildren, two great-grandsons, five nephews, three nieces and several great-great nieces.
A wedding of interest to Paden City and New Martinsville residents occurred Friday when Margaret Smittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smittle of Paden City, became the bride of Garth Poe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Poe of Fourth street.
The vows were exchanged at an informal ceremony at six o'clock at the parsonage of the First Christian Church on Martin avenue. Rev. W. H. Sliter, pastor of the church, officiated.
Attendants were Helen Leibforth of Paden City, who acted as maid of honor, and Joe Shepherd, who served the groom as best man. Guests included the parents of both principals, and Mrs. Clara Potts.
The bride wore a street-length dress of blue crepe, accentuated with a corsage of red roses. Her turban and accessories were of wine.
Miss Leibforth was dressed in green crepe, with which she wore black accessories.
Immediately following the ceremony the couple left for a weekend trip through Ohio.
Mrs. Poe is a graduate of Magnolia High School with the class of 1940. The groom was graduated in 1938, and has since been employed at the Universal Concrete Pipe Company.
The couple are at home on Center street, New Martinsville.
(The Wetzel Republican, New Martinsville, WV, Friday, Friday, October 4, 1940)
Daughter of Walter Smittle and Jessie Potts. Margaret married Garth Edgar Poe in 1940 in Wetzel Co., WV. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Wetzel Co. Clerk's office, a member of the First Baptist Church in New Martinsville and a volunteer at Wetzel Co. Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Dillon B. and Walter J. Smittle.
Survivors include two sons, five grandchildren, two great-grandsons, five nephews, three nieces and several great-great nieces.
Garth Poe Weds Margaret Smittle
A wedding of interest to Paden City and New Martinsville residents occurred Friday when Margaret Smittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smittle of Paden City, became the bride of Garth Poe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Poe of Fourth street.
The vows were exchanged at an informal ceremony at six o'clock at the parsonage of the First Christian Church on Martin avenue. Rev. W. H. Sliter, pastor of the church, officiated.
Attendants were Helen Leibforth of Paden City, who acted as maid of honor, and Joe Shepherd, who served the groom as best man. Guests included the parents of both principals, and Mrs. Clara Potts.
The bride wore a street-length dress of blue crepe, accentuated with a corsage of red roses. Her turban and accessories were of wine.
Miss Leibforth was dressed in green crepe, with which she wore black accessories.
Immediately following the ceremony the couple left for a weekend trip through Ohio.
Mrs. Poe is a graduate of Magnolia High School with the class of 1940. The groom was graduated in 1938, and has since been employed at the Universal Concrete Pipe Company.
The couple are at home on Center street, New Martinsville.
(The Wetzel Republican, New Martinsville, WV, Friday, Friday, October 4, 1940)
Daughter of Walter Smittle and Jessie Potts. Margaret married Garth Edgar Poe in 1940 in Wetzel Co., WV. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Wetzel Co. Clerk's office, a member of the First Baptist Church in New Martinsville and a volunteer at Wetzel Co. Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Dillon B. and Walter J. Smittle.
Survivors include two sons, five grandchildren, two great-grandsons, five nephews, three nieces and several great-great nieces.
A wedding of interest to Paden City and New Martinsville residents occurred Friday when Margaret Smittle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Smittle of Paden City, became the bride of Garth Poe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Poe of Fourth street.
The vows were exchanged at an informal ceremony at six o'clock at the parsonage of the First Christian Church on Martin avenue. Rev. W. H. Sliter, pastor of the church, officiated.
Attendants were Helen Leibforth of Paden City, who acted as maid of honor, and Joe Shepherd, who served the groom as best man. Guests included the parents of both principals, and Mrs. Clara Potts.
The bride wore a street-length dress of blue crepe, accentuated with a corsage of red roses. Her turban and accessories were of wine.
Miss Leibforth was dressed in green crepe, with which she wore black accessories.
Immediately following the ceremony the couple left for a weekend trip through Ohio.
Mrs. Poe is a graduate of Magnolia High School with the class of 1940. The groom was graduated in 1938, and has since been employed at the Universal Concrete Pipe Company.
The couple are at home on Center street, New Martinsville.
(The Wetzel Republican, New Martinsville, WV, Friday, Friday, October 4, 1940)
Daughter of Walter Smittle and Jessie Potts. Margaret married Garth Edgar Poe in 1940 in Wetzel Co., WV. She was a retired bookkeeper for the Wetzel Co. Clerk's office, a member of the First Baptist Church in New Martinsville and a volunteer at Wetzel Co. Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and two brothers, Dillon B. and Walter J. Smittle.
Survivors include two sons, five grandchildren, two great-grandsons, five nephews, three nieces and several great-great nieces.
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