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My
Mom's Wedding
It was a grand affair, held in a church that
I would later live next door to when we moved back to Brooklyn in the
80s. Waking up to the hourly chimes took some getting used to!
St.
Phillips Church, Brooklyn, NY. (Click any pic to enlarge)
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that primping thing. |
With
her sister Sandra, who is my godmother. |
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her father, Gladstone Atwell. |
More
prepping with her mother, Emiline Atwell. |
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| My
paternal grandfather, Asa Spaulding, Sr. |
My
maternal grandmother, Elna B. Spaulding. |
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With grandma Emiline. |
My aunt Patsy, mom, Patricia Spaulding (sister of my father), and
Patricia Thomas, friend of my mom.. |
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The same four in the prior picture, along with my aunt Sandra (second
from left). |
Outside 566 Macdonough Street, in Bedford-Stuyvesant, just down
the street from the church. The flower girl is my cousin Kim Myers. |
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Heading inside the church. |
My father (R), with Sonny Myers, father of Kim, the flower girl. |
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Cousin Reginald Spaulding, escorting Emiline down the aisle. |
Sandra, making a fashionable entrance! |
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Kim, looking extremely cute, not having learned how to thumb her
nose at the camera yet. |
Grandpa, bringing the beautiful bride into the church. |
Pam
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| Mom
| Family | Pets
| Friends | 1984
B&W portraits
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