Lyman & Elston Gurley

This is a photo of Lyman and Elston Gurley sons of J.R. & Lou Emma (Speer) Gurley on Lyman's wedding day July 22, 1928.  Lyman was 21 and Elston was 33.  Lyman married Cora Baldridge at Elston's home.  Apparently Elston felt no need to dress up for the occasion. This was probably at Elston's farm north of Wayne City.

They were married by Charles L. Wood with Lyman's niece Rosalie Gurley and nephew Harold Erkman as witnesses.  Rosalie & Harold were twelve years old.  

The following article ran in the July 1928 issue of the Wayne City Journal.

Sunday July 22nd, at high noon, the marriage of Mr. Lyman Gurley, 21 and Miss Cora Baldridge, 18 was solemnized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E.R. Gurley of this city, Eld. Chas. L. Wood officiating.

The groom has a position with Risser and Rabinowitz Produce Co. and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. R. Gurley of Wayne City.  The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Baldridge of Bluford and who formerly held a position with the International Shoe Company of Mt. Vernon.

Blue and white predominated in the beautiful decorations and bridal costumes.  Those present were the bride's parents and her brother Everet and two sisters, Misses Lela and Anna and the Groom's parents, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Harold E. Erkman and Rosalie Gurley.

The Journal joins the many friends of this popular young couple in wishing them much happiness and prosperity.

The Gurley brothers had three sisters.  Edith, the oldest had died in 1920. Edna was probably living in Evansville, Indiana, she was the mother of Harold Erkman.  Ruby may have been living in Colorado in 1928.

Cora and Lyman lived with J.R. & Lou Gurley on their farm at the western edge of Wayne City. Their house is now within the city limits.  They never had any children.  Elston eventually built a house on the property as well.