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DATE: SUNDAY, October 17, 1993                   TAG: 9310150440
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WILLIS-PRATER

Gidget Deleen Prater married Shannon Darrell Willis on August 6 at the Vines Botanical Gardens, Loganvilla, Georgia. The Rev. Lee Kidd of St. Paul, Virginia, officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Ruth Prater and the late David A. Prater, Jr., of Bonita Springs, Florida.

The parents of the bridegroom are Robert and Faye Willis of Buford, Georgia.

Teresa Reams of Midlothian, Virginia, was the matron of honor. Betty Thurman of Roanoke, Virginia, was bridesmaid. Allyson Lyons, Alexandra Lyons and Andrea Lyons all of Bristol, Virginia, were flower girls.

Best men were Robert Willis, father of the groom, and Brian Eiler of Birmingham, Alabama. Shawn Willis, Vestavia, Alabama, brother of the groom, and David Keigh of Birmingham, Alabama, were groomsmen.

The reception was held at the Vines Botanical Gardens.

The couple spent their wedding trip on a Caribbean cruise.

The bride is a graduate of Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, Virginia, and a student at Southeastern Louisiana University.

The groom is a graduate of Shades Valley High School in Birmingham, Alabama, and is now attending Southeastern Louisiana University.

The couple resides in Hammond, Louisiana.

The bride is the granddaughter of Edna Boris of Roanoke, Virginia, and Mable Prater of Atkins, Virginia. The bride's great-grandmothers are Margie Greer of Saltville, Virginia, and Bessie Prater of Marion, Virginia.

The groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Green, Sr., of Montgomery, Alabama.



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