Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, May 26, 1966.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Adams of Drakes Branch, celebrated their Golden
Wedding Anniversary recently in the home of their daughter, Mrs. C.E. Brubaker
of Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams have four children, George Edward Adams, Summerton, S.C.,
Mrs. C.E. Brubaker, Mrs. Albert Seamster, Richmond, and Mrs. George Vassar,
Drakes Branch. All the children and grandchildren were present with the
exception of their son.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, May 10, 1928.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Mr. and Mrs. John Purcell celebrated their fifty-first wedding and
anniversary at their home "Oak Hill" in Charlotte County on May the
1st, 1928 where they have resided their entire lives. The day was spent in a most pleasant old fashioned way, having a dining to
which only children and grandchildren were invited.
Those present were: John B. Purcell of Townesville, N.C.; Mrs.
Chas. M. Brooks and Wm. V,. Purcell of Drakes Branch,; Mrs. E.L. Haskins,
of Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Wm. L. Gregory, of Brookneal, Va., was
unavoidably detained from coming on account of sickness in her family.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, March 8, 1928.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, March 31, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Mr. and Mrs. I.H. Scruggs celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the
home of their daughter, Mrs., Berry Cooke on March 12, 1955.
The home was decorated in colors of white and yellow. On the dining room
sideboard were two tall arrangements of forsythia and jonquils and evergreens
and two tall yellow candles.
Mrs. Clinton Childress and Mrs. Russell Scruggs cut the two-tier cake which was
decorated with gold leaves and white roses. Mrs. T.H. Sirfetor presided
at the punch bowl.
Fifty-two relatives and friends called and Mr. and Mrs. Scruggs received many
lovely gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Scruggs were born and raised in Charlotte County. They have
four children and four grandchildren.
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Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, June 2, 1955.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
MR. AND MRS. O.M. LOCKE
Mr. and Mrs. Otis M. Locke, of the Eureka community, near Keysville, observed
their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sunday, May 22.
All eleven children of Mr. and Mrs. Locke gathered at the Eureka Community
House for a bountiful dinner, served cafeteria style. The group also
included twenty-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren besides a
number of other relatives totaling sixty-one. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Locke
together with daughters-in-law and sons-in-law were as follows: Mr. and
Mrs. H.F. Locke and their five children of Phenix; Mr. and Mrs. William
Hammond and two children, of Hopewell; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Greene and two
children of Williamsburg; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Greene and two children of
Lexington; Mr. and Mrs. ? Locke and three children of Keysville; Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Locke and two children; Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Meador and two
children of Strausburg; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Locke of Red House; Mr. and
Mrs. S.M. Ward of Charlottesville; Mr. and Mrs. Harlan S. White and
daughters and Mr. Bayse Locke of Keysville. Mr. and Mrs. Locke received many beautiful gifts.
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Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 17, 1946.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Mr. and Mrs. Oden Clark of Farmville will observe the 50th anniversary of
their marriage Saturday afternoon, January 26, with an open house from 2 to 6
o'clock held in their home.
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 17, 1946
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 17, 1946.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Source: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA,
Thursday, January 28, 1954.
Submitted by: Bea. Adams King
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Garnett of Saxe, celebrated their 36 wedding anniversary, Wednesday
evening, January 20. Dinner was served at 7:00 P.M. to 21 members of the
immediate family.
Those present included: Mr. W.C. Garnett of Randolph, Mr. Lawrence Garnett of
Washington, D.C., Bryant, Kent and Hugh Garnett of Saxe, A/2c Fred Garnett of
Anchorage, Alaska, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Garnett and Sherry, Mr. and
Mrs. Rogers Garnett, Rocky and Gail, all of Drakes Branch, Mrs. C.T.
Covington and Debbie of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. O'Neal Whitlow of Augusta, Ga.,
Mrs. Ollie Evans and Kathleen Evans of Charlotte Court House.
They received many nice and useful gifts. This was the first time in ten years that Mr. and Mrs. Garnett had all their
family together at one time.
Newspaper: The Charlotte Gazette, Drakes Branch, VA., Thursday,
January 9, 1964
Submitted By: Bea Adams King
Keysville Couple
Celebrate 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. A.G. Powell of
Keysville celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with a re-enactment of
the wedding ceremony at Ash Camp Baptist Church, Keysville, Sunday, December
22. Between 100 and 150 guests were present.
The Rev. Ira B.
McClung, pastor, officiated. He was assisted by the Rev.
Fisher, pastor of the Crewe Baptist Church.
The couple were waited
on by their original attendants. Mrs. Henry Powell,
Pittsburgh, Pa., was her sister's maid of honor. Henry Powell was
his brother's best man.
Ushers were: Melvin
Jenkins of Richmond and Bobby Motley, of Ontario,
grandsons of the couple, and Everett Guill of Brookneal, and William
Powell of Pittsburg, Pa., nephews of the couple.
A reception followed the
ceremony, at the Woman's Club House, given by the couple's 8 children. Mrs.
Larry Pothyress served punch and Mrs. Douglas Myers, Jr. and Mrs.
H.E. Dixon cut the three-tiered wedding cake.
Natives of North
Carolina, the couple were married in Oxford. Both are members of
Ash Camp Baptist Church. They have 8 children, 21 grandchildren, and 11
great-grandchildren. Mrs. Powell, 65, is the former Miss Mary Guill.
Mr. Powell, 69, is a retired farmer and carpenter.