Buck—Griffith.
A pretty but quiet wedding took place last Wednesday at 3.30 o'clock when Miss Alverda Griffith, daughter of Romulus Riggs Griffith, 1529 McCulloh street, became the bride of Mr. John Gill Buck, of Front Royal, Va. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Curtis Lee Laws in the drawing room, which was decorated with cut flowers and palms. The bride wore white panne crepe and carried white chrysanthemums. Her ornaments were diamonds. After the ceremony a reception followed, to which both families and immediate friends were asked. After the reception the couple left on a Southern trip. They will make their home in Front Royal, Va.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 2 Oct 1917, Tuesday
MRS. JOHN GILL BUCK.
Mrs. Alverda Griffith Buck, wife of John Gill Buck, of Norfolk, Va., formerly of Baltimore, died yesterday morning at the Hospital for the Women of Maryland. Mrs. Buck was prominently identified with the Daughters of the American Revolution and was much interested in church work. She had a score of friends both here and in her adopted home in Virginia. She was brought to the hospital from Norfolk about a month ago.
The funeral will take place at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon from the home of her sister, Mrs. William P. Turner, Park Circle Apartment. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Sparks Melton, pastor of Freemason Street Baptist Church of Norfolk, of which Mrs. Buck was a member.
Mrs. Buck is survived by her husband and two brothers—Romulus Griffith, of Baltimore, and E. A. T. Griffith, of Morgantown, W. Va., and three sisters Mrs. J. Clarence Doyle, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Frank Edward Monroe and Mrs. William L. Turner, of Baltimore.
The pallbearers will be Haskel Johnson, Basil Jovner. W. H. Jones. F. J. McKay. Arthur Doyle. Alfred Griffith and J. W. Montague, of Baltimore, and C. M. Cruser, of Norfolk. Burial will be in the family lot in Greenmount Cemetery.
Sun (Baltimore, MD), 2 October 1917
BUCK—On October 1, 1917, ALVERDA GRIFFITH, wife of John G. Burk.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at the residence of her sister, Mrs. W. P. Turner, Park Circle Apartments, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. Interment private.
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Buck—Griffith.
A pretty but quiet wedding took place last Wednesday at 3.30 o'clock when Miss Alverda Griffith, daughter of Romulus Riggs Griffith, 1529 McCulloh street, became the bride of Mr. John Gill Buck, of Front Royal, Va. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Curtis Lee Laws in the drawing room, which was decorated with cut flowers and palms. The bride wore white panne crepe and carried white chrysanthemums. Her ornaments were diamonds. After the ceremony a reception followed, to which both families and immediate friends were asked. After the reception the couple left on a Southern trip. They will make their home in Front Royal, Va.
The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), 2 Oct 1917, Tuesday
MRS. JOHN GILL BUCK.
Mrs. Alverda Griffith Buck, wife of John Gill Buck, of Norfolk, Va., formerly of Baltimore, died yesterday morning at the Hospital for the Women of Maryland. Mrs. Buck was prominently identified with the Daughters of the American Revolution and was much interested in church work. She had a score of friends both here and in her adopted home in Virginia. She was brought to the hospital from Norfolk about a month ago.
The funeral will take place at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon from the home of her sister, Mrs. William P. Turner, Park Circle Apartment. The services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Sparks Melton, pastor of Freemason Street Baptist Church of Norfolk, of which Mrs. Buck was a member.
Mrs. Buck is survived by her husband and two brothers—Romulus Griffith, of Baltimore, and E. A. T. Griffith, of Morgantown, W. Va., and three sisters Mrs. J. Clarence Doyle, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Frank Edward Monroe and Mrs. William L. Turner, of Baltimore.
The pallbearers will be Haskel Johnson, Basil Jovner. W. H. Jones. F. J. McKay. Arthur Doyle. Alfred Griffith and J. W. Montague, of Baltimore, and C. M. Cruser, of Norfolk. Burial will be in the family lot in Greenmount Cemetery.
Sun (Baltimore, MD), 2 October 1917
BUCK—On October 1, 1917, ALVERDA GRIFFITH, wife of John G. Burk.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at the residence of her sister, Mrs. W. P. Turner, Park Circle Apartments, this (Tuesday) afternoon, at 3:30 o'clock. Interment private.
TMSI [35130]
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