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The Palm Beach Post

Wed, Jan 8, 1941 

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Earman - Prather Ceremony Is Solemnized at Holy Trinity Church Tuesday Afternoon

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In the presence of a large group of friends, the marriage of Miss Ida Marguerite “Peggy” Prather, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thomas Prather, 2935 Washington Road, and Dr. John Robert Earman, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Burke Earman, Currie Crescent, was solemnized at Holy Trinity Church at 5:30 0’clock Tuesday afternoon by Rev. H. Irving Loutit, rector of the church.

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Palms and tall baskets of white gladioli were used in decorating the chancel, and palms and calla lilies with several branched candelabra were used on the altar.

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Preceding the ceremony, John Currie, organist, played “Liebesstraum” (Liszt), Schubert’s “Serenade,” “Roninrleither,” and “Because” from Joceslyn. he played the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin for the processional and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March for the recessional. Mrs. DeForest Goodall sang the hymn, “ O Perfect Love.”

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Miss Anna SueWallace was maid of honor, Mrs. Frederick Keyes, Geneva, New York, the bride’s cousin, was matron of honor, and Miss Anne Winters was bridesmaid. Shades of blush were carried out in the mousseline de soir gowns of the bridesmaids, and that of the bride, and the frocks were made on the same lines as that of the bride. Mrs. Winter’s gown was in crushed rose and Mrs. Keyes was in cream de rose. Their flowers were arm bouquets and sweetheart roses and delphinium tips. Mrs. Wallace’s gown was of dawn rose and her flowers were American beauty roses and delphinium. At the back of their Juliet caps were short veils in matching shades. Their dresses were made with long shirred bodices; square chiffon yokes, trimmed with chantilly edging and short puffed sleeves. Their long full skirts ended and short trains.

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Elmo Robinson was Dr. Earman’s best man and the ushers were Carl Anthony, Nathan Prather and Thomas M. Rickards Jr., and Jack H. Lewis.

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The bride who was given in marriage by her father, wore a handsome wedding gown of heavy, flesh- covered duchess satin, made with long sheared lace chiffon yoke trimmed with a ruffle of Chantilly lace, short sleeves and edged with Chantilly lace, and full skirt ending in a long train. Her flesh colored illusion veil was caught with a coronet of orange blossoms. She carried an arm bouquet of brides roses and tube roses, showered with narcissus.

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Mrs. Prather, mother of the bride, was in a floor-length frock of rose faille and matching accessories.  Mrs. Earman’s gown was in rose beige with accessories to match. Both wore shoulder corsages of eucharis lilies. Mrs. Ida M. Barnett, St. Petersburg, grandmother of the bride, was in  gray crepe with a corsage of violets.

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Immediately following the ceremony, a wedding supper was served at the Prather home in honor of the bridal party. About 100 guests attended. In the receiving line were the bride and bridegroom, Mr. and Mrs. Prather, Dr. and Mrs. J. Earman the bridal party.

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The rooms were beautifully decorated with quantities of Picardy gladioli and tube roses. The mantles were banked with ferns and white flowers. The refreshment table was centered with a crystal bowl of narcissus and lighted by white tapers in crystal candelabra. At one end of the table was a punchbowl surrounded with gardenias and narcissus and at the other end was the bridal cake, also surrounded by flowers. Assisting in entertainment were Mrs. F. Earl Wallace and Mrs. Thomas M. Rickards Jr.

   

Dr. and Mrs. Eaman left during the early evening for a trip in South Florida and will be at home about January 19 on Cranesnest Way. For traveling, Mrs. Earman wore a suit of poudre blue gabardine with a top coat with a fox collar and burnt straw accessories.

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Mrs. Earman, who was born in Jacksonville, came here with her family thirteen years ago. She attended Palm Beach High School, Brenau Academy, and Brenau College, where she was pledged in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She is a member of the local Chi Delta Rho sorority.

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Dr. Eaman has lived here all of his life and is the grandson of the late J. S. Earman, first mayor of West Palm Beach. He was graduated from Palm Beach High School, attended the University of Florida, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and was graduated in dentistry from Northwestern University, where he was a member of Chi Psi Phi dental fraternity. He also took his master’s degree in orthodontics at Northwestern.

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Out of town guests at the wedding included the bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Barnett, St. Petersburg; Mrs. Frederic Keyes, Geneva, New York; and Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Earman of Vero Beach.

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Ida Marguerite Prather Earman vs. John Robert Earman, both of this city, plaintiff alleging extreme cruelty and asked permanent custody of three minor children, also temporary and permanent alimony and support money. Plaintiff asks the court to make an accounting of property owned by both parties. Motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint filed by defendant. Joseph A. Peel Jr., attorney for Plaintiff. Paty & Paty for defendant.

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Dr  J.R. Earman Returns From Service                                                                    

 Major John Robert Earman, who had been with the Hospital Dental Corps at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for the past 2 years and was recently separated from the service, has joined his family at their hom,e 2416 Aravale Road, and will return to his dental offices next week.

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Dr. Earman has been attending a seminar in othodonia at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania, for the past several weeks.

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Ida Marguerite "Peggy" Earman

Age 77, of Blairsville, Georgia, died Tuesday, October 6, 1998, in a Union County, Georgia, hospital. She was a native of Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She was a homemaker and had managed the office staff of her husband's orthodontic practice in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was a member of the D.A.R, Seminole Chapter, West Palm Beach. She was a daughter of the late Nathan Thomas and Honour Prather. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. John Robert Earman, who died in 1997,  and a son, Thomas Burke Earman.

 

She is survived by a son, John R. "Jack" Earman Jr., of Boynton Beach, Florida; a daughter and her husband, Kathie and Charles Werner, of Blairsville, Georgia; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be at a later date.  Townsend Rose Funeral Home, Murphy, North Carolina, is in charge of arrangements.