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- MARGARET E. COLEMAN IS A BRIDE
Newspaper June 25, 1995 | Watertown Daily Times (NY)
Page: G3 | Section: Social
504 Words | Readability: Lexile: 1320, grade level(s): >12
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Margaret Ellen Coleman, daughter of Patrick and Dorothy Coleman, 172 Ten Eyck St., was married in a candlelight ceremony to Matthew Michael Grant, 624 State St., son of Catherine Grant, 640 Boyd St., and Michael Grant, Great Bend, at 6 p.m. Saturday in St. Patrick's Church with the Rev. Steven Murray officiating.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a white taffeta gown accented with beaded Alencon lace and fashioned with a V neckline, long, puffed sleeves, a Basque waist, full skirt and semi-cathedral-length train. Both the skirt and train were decorated with appliques of beaded Alencon lace.
Her headpiece was a small pouf and two-tier veil attached to a crown accented with pearls and rhinestones in a daisy-like pattern. She carried a cascading bouquet of white miniature carnations, white daisies and white sweetheart roses accented with kelly green miniature carnations and ivy. She also carried the rosary which belonged to her paternal grandmother, the late Margaret Coleman.
Deborah Reynolds, Ormond Beach, Fla., sister of the bride, and Stephanie Davis, Watertown, were matrons of honor. Bridesmaids were Christine Ellingham, Rochester, Sandy Vespa, Watertown, Nicole Grant, Watertown, sister of the bridegroom, Heather Schremp, Penfield, Suzanne Lasher, Clifton Springs, and Penny Huggins, Ewa Beach, Hawaii. Colleen Reynolds, Ormond Beach, niece of the bride, was junior bridesmaid, and Cierra Grant, Watertown, niece of the bridegroom, was flower girl.
C. William Stoodley and Patrick O'Brien, both of Watertown, were best men. Ushers were Miles Reynolds, Ormond Beach, brother-in-law of the bride, Timothy Burnett, Watertown, James Gracey, Dexter, uncle of the bridegroom, Gregory Lehr, Binghamton, cousin of the bridegroom, Todd Young, Clayton, and John Lehr, Canastota, cousin of the bridegroom. Patrick Reynolds, Ormond Beach, nephew of the bride, was ring bearer.
Readings were done by Alex Prow, Evans Mills, sister of the bridegroom, Dorothy Lehr, Dexter, aunt of the bridegroom, and Colleen Reynolds, Ormond Beach, niece of the bride. Music was provided by organist Jack Tooley, Evans Mills, bagpiper Scott Bell, Kingston, Ontario, and vocalists Tim Grant, Watertown, uncle of the bridegroom, and Cory Grant, Watertown, cousin of the bridegroom. Gifts were presented by the bride's parents, the bridegroom's mother, and Betty Howard, Watertown, aunt of the bride.
A reception was held at the North Side Improvement League immediately following the ceremony. The couple planned a 10-day wedding trip to Las Vegas, Nev., and Southern California.
The bride is a 1986 graduate of Immaculate Heart Central High School and a 1991 graduate of Brockport State University College with a bachelor's degree in social work. She received a master's degree in social work from Syracuse University in 1992 and is pursuing a doctorate in social sciences at SU.
She is director of family and social services at Lewis County General Hospital, Lowville, and its residential health care facility.
The bridegroom is a 1987 graduate of Watertown High School and served with the Army's military police in Herlong, Calif., from 1987 to 1990. He studied criminal justice at Jefferson Community College and is a correctional officer at the Watertown Correctional Facility.
The couple will reside in Watertown.
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