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GARY VIRDEN and KATHERINE HARRELL
Varden, Harrell
plan April wedding
Christina Harrell of
Richmond, Va. and Riddick
Harrell of Nags Head, N.C.
announce the engagement
of their daughter, Katherine
Grace Harrell to Gary Roger
Virden, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Freddy Virden of
Marshallville. The wedding
is planned for April 30 at
Harry E Leu Gardens in
Orlando, Fla.
The bride-to-be is the
granddaughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. George Helfert
of Richmond, Va., and the
late Mr. and Mrs. Osroe
Harrell of Suffolk, Va. She
is a 2001 graduate of the
University of Tennessee and
holds a bachelor’s degree in
exercise science. Katherine
is currently a licensed mas
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AL JORDAN and HEATHER GRANTHAM
May wedding fop
Jordan, Grantham
Mr. and Mrs. John R.
Mullis Jr. of Perry and Tracy
Grantham of Panama City,
Fla., announce the engage
ment of their daughter,
Heather Nicole Grantham,
to Armon Lee Jordan Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Armon
L. Jordan Sr. of
Andersonville.
The wedding will take
place on May 14, 2005, at
First Baptist Church of
Perry.
The bride-elect is the
granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. Mullis Sr. of
Ideal, Mr. and Mrs. James
Grantham Sr. of Panama
City, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
sage therapist at the Ritz-
Carlton Spa, Orlando,
Grande Lakes located in
Qrlando,Fla.
The groom-to-be is the
grandson of Nettie Harbuck
and the late Alva Harbuck
of Marshallville, and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Virden of
Marshallville. He is a 1999
graduate of Westfield
Schools. He attended
Georgia College and State
University in Milledgeville,
where he was a member of
Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
He is currently the Spa
Director at the Wyndham
Palace Resort and Spa in
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
The couple plans to make
their home in Orlando.
Bramblett Sr. of Perry,
Beverly Ashcroft of Perry,
Mamie Dean and the late
Mr. Coy Dean of Panama
City.
She is a graduate of Peach
County High School and a
full time student at Middle
Georgia Technical College
where she is pursuing a
degree in dental hygiene.
The groom-elect is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
Irby Thompon and the late
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lee
Jordan. He is a graduate of
Southland Academy and of
South Georgia Technical
College. He is employed by
Flint Energies.
CELEBRATIONS
Foster, Keener
exchange vows
Kelly Lynn Foster and
Kent Cris Keener were mar
ried on Nov. 27, 2004, at
Friendship Baptist Church
in Bartow. The Rev. Steve T.
Keener, father of the groom,
officiated.
The bride is the daughter
of Michelle Graybeal and
the stepdaughter of Barry
Graybeal of Kathleen. The
groom is the son of the Rev.
Keener and Shelia Keener of
Bonaire.
The bride, who was given
in marriage by her stepfa
ther, wore a strapless white
satin dress with a train. She
carried a bouquet of white
roses and orchids.
Bridesmaids were Hollie
Willingham of Pelham, Ala.,
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The winner of the Perry Chamber of Commerce T-shirt design contest for this year’s
Dogwood Festival is Shannon Archibald of Macon, shown here holding her winning
design. With Archibald, from left, are chamber staffers, Megan Smith, president;
Tammy Wolfe, events and fundraising coordinator and Cindy Woodard, administrative
assistant. This year’s festival will be on April 9 and 10. The T-shirts (adult sizes only)
will be available by March 1. Orders are being taken now. Call (478) 987-1234.
Marigolds are one of the
top five most popular flow
ering annuals grown in
America today. Natives of
Mexico, South America, and
the southwestern JJnited
States, the marigold (genus
Tagetes) is heat and drought
tolerant as well as florifer
ous.
Tradition has it that
marigolds repel insects, rab
bits, and other pests. Not
really. However, there is
research to indicate that
marigolds have the ability to
repel nematodes, those
microscopic, worm-like
pests that inhabit the soil
and feed on the roots of
many plants. There are sev
eral types of nematodes, but
the type which is the most
troublesome to gardeners
and farmers is the root-knot
nematode. French
marigolds, a small-flower
ing type of marigolds, are
somewhat effective against
and Ashley Doss of Warner
Robins. They wore strapless
burgundy gowns with
wraps. Crislynn Elizabeth
Keener of Bonaire was
flower girl.
The groomsmen were
Donni Wallace and Eric
Morton, both of Warner
Robins. Sam McKinney of
Swainsboro was the ring
bearer.
Music was provided by
Shannon L. Jones of
Sandersville.
A reception was hosted by
the Ladies Bible Study of
Friendship Baptist Church.
Following a honeymoon
trip to Savannah, the couple
are making their home in
Bonaire.
Dogwood design
All about marigolds
> Hr
Tim Lewis
Gardening
timlewis@addressisp.com
them.
There are basically four
types of marigolds-signet,
French, African/American,
and triploids. Let’s look at
one type today.
Tagetes erectas are gener
ally tall marigolds with one
flower per stem.
Traditionally called African
marigolds, some seed cata-
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ERICA MELVIN and PIERCE BUTLER
Melvin and Butler
plan May wedding
Robin and Sandra Melvin
of Warner Robins announce
the engagement of their
daughter, Erica Lashea
Melvin, to Pierce Albert
Butler 111, son of Pierce A.
Butler Jr. and Penelope
Graves of Philadelphia, Pa.
The wedding will be at the
logs refer to them as
American types, due to the
1959 campaign by W. Atlee
Burpee Co. president, David
Burpee, to change the name.
Some tall varieties reach
as high as three feet, dis
playing their single flower
well above the foliage. These
may need staking, and you
may want to hide their long
stems with other flowers.
Other varieties are not so
tall, reaching only 12 to 18
inches in height, and some
grow to only 8 to 10 inches.
Blossoms of all T. erecta
varieties are double, and
make excellent cut flowers if
you remove the foliage,
which easily rots in water.
Blossoms range from two to
five inches in diameter, and
in color, from white to yel
low to gold to orange.
African/American
marigolds have all been,
until recently, relatively late
bloomers. Classified as short
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Houston Lake Country Club
on May 28, 2005.
The bride-elect is a stu
dent in the nursing program
at Macon State College. The
groom-elect is majoring in
computer technology at
Macon State College and
serves in the United States
Air Force.
RICH
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I’ll give you an example.
My skirts always have to
be shortened. It’s easier to
pin them up and give them
to Mama for alteration than
to do it myself. She, however,
appointed herself guardian
over the proper length of my
skirts. As a result, they
started coming back an inch
longer than they were
pinned.
I thought that I would out
smart her so I started pin
ning them up two inches
shorter, thinking that when
she added her inch, the
length would be perfect.
But they returned to me,
two inches longer.
Finally, I decided to take
matters into my own hands,
hands which I equipped with
needle and thread. If I could
n’t sew, I would be at her
complete mercy.
I may not have a lot of
power in life but it’s nice to
know that, at least, I have
power over my hemlines.
Ronda Rich is the author
of “What Southern Women
Know (That Every Woman
Should)” and “My Life In
The Pits.”
day plants, if they received
more than nine hours of
light per day during their
first four weeks of life, they
put their energy into grow
ing vegetatively rather than
in producing flowers. To get
them to bloom earlier, gar
deners and commercial
growers had to expose them
to dark periods, which was
troublesome and costly.
Plants treated this way
bloom in 10 weeks after ger
mination; without it, they
wouldn’t oblige the grower
until late summer.
The fairly recent develop
ment of day-length neutral
marigolds negates this late
blooming phenomenon.
Such varieties are easier to
bring into bloom and will
flower in 10 weeks even if
exposed to long days. We
gardeners in the South will
be able to plant them in
August for October bloom.
Next: More on marigolds.