'Small World' Again

My resolution of having at least one “Plantersville Connection” (PC) paragraph each month fell by the wayside during past days of 2012, but the connection to Plantersville is alive and well, I am happy to  report.  Getting acquainted with a new friend at work, Candice Batson, I learned that she was quite familiar with Plantersville, having served as a musician at a friend’s wedding at Plantersville United Methodist Church.  Candice played the flute at the wedding of Ashley Temple Wilemon to Matthew Young Tipton on June 7, 2008.  Candice is from Jackson and met Ashley when they were in graduate school together at the University of Memphis.  

Doing a little bit of research, namely hitting the ‘Google’ key, I was directed to  “The Plantersville Connection” where this invitation had been posted by George Morris in May 2008:  

Representative and Mrs. Steve Holland and
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wilemon, Jr.
along with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tipton
Request the honour of your presence at the wedding of their children
Ashley Temple Wilemon
and
Matthew Young Tipton
Saturday, June 7th at 4:00 p.m.
Plantersville United Methodist Church
Reception Immediately following in the church fellowship hall 

Memories:  I remember attending Barbara Jo Rogers’ wedding at Plantersville First Baptist Church in 1964, I think in June.  Almost two years later in April 1966, George and I were married in the home of his grandmother in Plantersville.  Prior to meeting (then marrying) George, I was pretty much a stranger to the town of Plantersville.  Pity.  If I had met him earlier in Plantersville or Tupelo, maybe we wouldn’t have had to meet courtesy of Continental Trailways. . .  I also recall that when George and I were first dating, he would not tell me his middle name.  When I called his house one day and asked Miss Vera if I could speak to her son, she was agreeable and called, “George Morris, telephone . . .”  Aha.  No one in Plantersville recognized the name of ‘George Kelly.’  But saying only ‘George Morris’ results in instant recognition.  Lovely memories.