Sunday Morning: Sept. 8, 2019, Helen Ford Wallace
HONORING KIMBERLY AND GARY
Party: Kimberly Cooley and Gary Lowery were honored recently with a wedding shower in the home of Julie and Scott Cumbie, of Edmond. Kelly and Chris Fry served as co-hosts. The couple were married Sept. 7.
Food/flowers: Pulled pork sliders and a variety of dips and desserts were served. The centerpiece was red roses, dark red mums and white hydrangeas.
The family: Kimberly is the daughter of Kathy Cooley, and Karen and Chuck Cooley. Lowery is the son of Lisa and Mike Lowery.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILMA!
Birthday party: Wilma Duty celebrated her 90th birthday recently at her home in Crown Heights with friends and family who gathered from across the country. Her children were hosts.
Menu: Menu items included chicken Caesar salad, Greek salad, fruit and hummus with pita pieces.
Seen: Mary McAnulty, Denise Ziegler, Joe Hill, Julie Hill, D.W. Hearn, Paula Hearn, Mary Hicks, Bryan Hicks, Rita Hustus, Alex Hustus, Sean Ziegler and Ann Ziegler.
Snapped: The family recreated a photo from 1978 on the same spot as the original. Missing was family patriarch Gabriel Duty, who died in 2013.
COFFEE WITH THE ARTIST
Coffee: At The Howell Gallery’s “Coffee with the Artist,” Bennett Berry was the featured artist. Bennett’s work ranges from post-impressionist landscapes to large scale figurative pieces with a pop art influence and his interior dog portraits.
Be seen: Those at the event included Christi Coyle, Matilda Clements, Lynn Kelly, Rita Dearmon, Al Dearmon, Nancy Bradley, Joe Bradley, Sue Goodman, Linda Garrett, Meg Salyer, Marion Paden, SoRelle Fitzgerald, Dan Junkin, Jennifer Howard, Russ Howard, Cathy Blevins, Jim Blevins and Dinky Hammam.
LAUDING THE LADIES
Who/where: The Oklahoma State Society Daughters of the American Revolution State Workshop met at the Embassy Suites, Norman.
What: DAR celebrated 100 Years of the passing of the Women's Suffrage Amendment passage.
Who else: Special guests were Denise Doring VanBuren, president general, and the luncheon speaker, the Rev. Jessica Moffatt.
Helen Ford Wallace is a columnist covering society-related events/news for The Oklahoman. She puts local parties online with daily updates. She creates, maintains and runs a Parties blog which includes web casts. She is an online web editor for... Read more ›