The Landmark
Statesville, North Carolina
June 10, 1948

Miss Jewell Alene Gilleland
Bride of Herman Philip Brown

    In a formal ceremony Wednesday afternoon at five o’clock in Western Avenue Baptist church Miss Jewel Alene Gilleland, daughter of Mrs. J. W. Gilleland, of this city, and the late Mr. Gilleland, became the bride of Herman Philip Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown, of Troutman. Rev. Z. Miller Freeman, of Harmony conducted the double ring ceremony.
   The service was solemnized in a beautiful setting, before a background of greenery set with baskets of Regal lilies. Candles flamed in wedding ring candelabra and at the center was a tiered arrangement of candles. The ceremony was preceded by a program of music. Musicians were Miss Marion Smith, pianist; and Miss Bettie Cooper, soloist. Before the ceremony Miss Smith played “Liebestraum”, by Liszt, and “Clair de Lune,” by Debussy. Miss Cooper sang “I Love Thee,” by Grieg, and “O Promise Me”, by Bond. MacDowell’s “To a Wild Rose” was played softly during the ceremony and as a benediction. Miss Cooper sang Malotte’s arrangement of  “The Lord’s Prayer.” Traditional wedding marches were used.
   The bride was given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Revere Cashion, Jr., and had her sister, Mrs. Cashion, as matron of honor and Miss Elgevia Withers as maid of honor. Mr. Herman Brown was his son’s best man, and ushers were Leon Brown, Jr., of Troutman; Jim Speaks and Ed Troutman, of Boone; and Bill Waugh, of Statesville.
   The bride, an unusually pretty girl, wore a wedding gown of ivory slipper satin fashioned with sweetheart neckline outlined with seed pearls. The basque bodice had deep scallops at the waistline and the long sleeves formed calla points at the hands. The bridal illusion was fingertip length and held to the hair by a plaited satin tiara with orange blosson clusters at each side., She wore a double strand of pearls, gift of the bridegroom, and carried a bouquet of white roses centered with purple-throated white orchid and showered with tuberoses.
    The attendants wore gowns of pink taffeta, made with portrait neckline, fitted bodice and dropped sleeves, the full skirt having draped hemline. They wore headdresses of taffeta of the same shade as their gloves and shoulder-length veils, and carried nosegays of pastel flowers.
   Mrs. Gilleland wore a dress of delicate pink sheer and had an orchid corsage. Mrs. Brown the bridegroom’s mother wore powder blue, with black accessories and corsage of orchids.
   For travel the bride wore a suit of mauve, lightweight wool. Her light blue straw hat was trimmed with pink flowers, and she used pink gloves, navy shoes and bag. Her corsage was the orchid lifted from her wedding bouquet. After a wedding trip to unannounced points, Mr. and Mrs. Brown will be at home in Troutman. Until the completion of their new home, they will live with Mr. Brown’s parents.
    The bride is a graduate of the city schools and Mitchell College, was queen at Mitchell and in 1947 was chosen as “Miss Statesville.” Since graduation, she has been employed in the office of Mr. Charles E. Keiger, Insurance.
    Mr. Brown, a graduate of Troutman High School, attended Mitchell Collge and the Citadel at Charleston, S. C. He served in the Field Artillery during the recent war and is now associated with his father at Troutman Chair Factory.
   Out-of-town guests attending the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sloop, of Mooresville; Mr. and Mrs. Bryson Stinson, of Concord; Mr. and Mrs. William Rumple, of Cleveland; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. Whitehurst, of Greensboro; Mrs. Edwin Troutman and Jerry Troutman, of Boone; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Reavis, of High Point; Mrs. J. C. Beard, of Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Smith Williams and Miss Elizabeth Turner, of Elkin; and Miss Martha Young, of Mooresville.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2010