Lillian Mae Reeves of Pilot Mountain married Thurman Finch Horner of Oxford at the First Baptist Church of Boone on April 15, 1949. At the time of the wedding, Ms. Reeves was a chemistry professor at Appalachian State University. Mr. Horner had served during World War II in the United States Marine Corps and was…
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Love Story Celebrating 70 years
James would eventually propose to Leoma in a familiar place. “We were on a city bus in Laurinburg and I proposed on the bus with a ring,” said James. James and Leoma Ward were married March 5, 1949, at a courthouse — and kept it under wraps for a year. “Back then you had to…