Cynthia Fontaine Patty and John Walker Weller

JOHN WALKER WELLER, son of PANSY FANNIE SAWYERS and GEORGE WALKER WELLER, was born July 7, 1909 in Texas,⁵⁶ and died December 31, 1999 in Jasper County, Texas.^{56, 105} He is buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas.⁴⁵⁶

He married CYNTHIA FONTAINE PATTY on March 14, 1945 in First Methodist Church, Orange, Orange, Texas.⁵⁶¹ She was born August 11, 1920,⁵⁶ and died February 7, 1997.⁵⁶

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Children of CYNTHIA FONTAINE PATTY and JOHN WALKER WELLER:

1. Daughter
2. Son
3. Daughter

Port Arthur News, February 25, 1945⁵⁶⁰

Cynthia Fontaine Patty Will Be Married to John Walker Weller

Special to The News.

ORANGE, Feb 24.—Mrs. Sadie Malone Patty today announced the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Cynthia Fontaine, to John Walker Weller, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Weller of Beaumont.

The wedding will take place in the near future, the date to be announced later.

Miss Patty obtained her early education in the Orange schools, her Bachelor of Science degree at Texas State College for Women in Denton, and did graduate work in dietetics at Vanderbilt university. For more than a year and a half she has been dietitian at Orange city hospital.

Mr. Weller was educated in Beaumont at Lamar college and the University of Texas. He is associated with his father in business in Beaumont.

Port Arthur News, March 18, 1945⁵⁶¹

Cynthia Fontaine Patty And John Walker Weller Are Married In Orange

Reception Held At Home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cottle Following Ceremony At First Methodist Church

Special to The News.

ORANGE, March 17.—Cynthia Fontaine Patty became the bride here Wednesday of John Walker Weller of Beaumont in a double-ring ceremony performed by the Rev. Walton B. Gardner at the First Methodist church at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. The wedding attracted the social attention of both cities. Miss Patty is the daughter of Mrs. Sadie M. Patty of Orange. Mr. Weller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Weller of Beaumont.

Magnolia leaves lent grace to the chancel as tall white tapers burned in multiple-branched candelabra to cast light on the white calla lillies, large calla leaves and white stock in floor baskets. The vows were taken before a central altar arranged in white calla lilies and white stock, showered with minute white flowers. The pew ribbons were of white satin and malines.

As the soft glow of candlelight, the lighted cross and the sunlight through the stained glass windows of the church auditorium, added to the atmosphere of the fashionable wedding, the bride was given in marriage by her grandfather, W. H. Malone of Orange. Her matron of honor was Mrs. Eugene E. Saxon of this city.

Father Attends Bridegroom

The father of the bridegroom was his best man. Ushers were Eugene E. Saxon and William B. Starcke, the latter of Beaumont.

Before the ceremony, Mrs. John Y. Bell played on the organ "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes," after which Frances Brown sang "Because." The nuptial strains of Lohengrin and Mendelssohn were the processional and recessional, and Schubert's "Serenade" was played during the ceremony.

The bride wore an imported model of crushed lime hue. Her hat was fashioned of white gardenias and a veil of lime. She carried a satin-sheathed white Bible, the gift of her grandmother. White orchids graced the top of it, and a shower of lilies of the valley fell from it.

The matron of honor was in a soft suit of daffodil shade, an off-the-face hat of white gardenias. On her shoulder was a white gardenia corsage.

Bride's Mother Wears Black

Dressed in a chic model of black sheer crepe, the bride's mother was attractive with a dainty neckline of flesh color and a large, flesh-colored laced-straw hat. She wore a corsage of pink orchids.

The mother of the bridegroom was in navy blue, and her corsage was of white orchids.

Also noticeable was the grandmother of the bride, Mrs. W. H. Malone, dressed in a black sheer crepe, hand-embroidered in shades of lavender with a matching flower toque and a corsage of white gardenias.

The bride obtained her early education here, later attending Texas State College for Women and completing her formal education in scholarship graduate work at Vanderbilt university.

Mr. Weller was educated in the Beaumont schools, attended Lamar college, completing his college work at the University of Texas.

Reception Follows

A reception followed the wedding at the home of the bride's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Colle. Members of the bridal party and kinsmen attended. Mrs. Cottle, in a tucked chiffon of dark blue, a corsage of white orchids, received at the door. Receiving with the bride and bridegroom were Mrs. Patty and Mrs. Weller. Miss Bernice Spear presided at the guest book.

White callas, stock and tapers from the background for the dining room, the remainder of the house in shades of pastel. On the buffet was a large arrangement flanked by candelabra. The three-tiered cake was on one end of the lace-laid table, resing on a reflector. Silver candelabra arranged with white malines and baby calla lilies threw light on the handsome punch bowl. A feature of the table decorations was the bride's Bible with its showering flowers. Mrs. W. B. Simmons presided at the cake service, and Mrs. E. P. Starcke of Beaumont, at the punch bowl. Assisting in the dining room was Mrs. W. C. A. Beneke, Jr.

After the reception the couple departed for Mexico City. They will be in Beaumont after April 1.