From the Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch
January 22, 1904

ELEGANT WEDDING
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Miss Selena Loelia Gilliland the 
Bride of Lafayette Jones.
(Special to the Times Dispatch)

    STAUNTON, VA., Jan. 21. -- A very pretty wedding took place at ten o’clock this morning at “Greenvale,” the beautiful colonial home of Mr. and Mrs. William Frances Dudley, when their sister, Miss Selena Loelia Gilliland became the wife of Mr. Lafayette Jones, of  Winston-Salem, N. C. The ceremony was performed bu the Rev. I. W. Canter, of the Methodist Church.
   Mrs. Thomas S. Thompkins, who was married in Winston-Salem Tuesday, was matron of honor. Mr. R. J. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, N. C., was best man.
   Mr. and Mrs. Jones left on the mid-day train for Northern cities on a bridal tour.
   The party was entertained at the home of the bride yesterday evening.
   There were also present Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Talley and Miss Lula M. Dudley, of Crimora, and Mr. Edwin Jones, of Winston-Salem.

-- transcription by Kate Maynard, 2009.