Celebrating Black Brides: Profile #10
/Couple: Marjorie Johnson and Edgar William Ward
Luella Johnson and Robert Graves
Date of Wedding: 1948 Summer
Place: Livingstone College auditorium (Salisbury, NC)
Fun facts:
The sisters chose to have a double wedding.
3,000 guests attended the ceremony.
The father of the brides, Rev. Dr. Julius P. Johnson, was a prominent Presbyterian pastor in the South. Groom Edgar Ward also became a well-known Presbyterian pastor in Chicago.