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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, February 20, 1994                   TAG: 9402160237
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 8   EDITION: METRO 
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SMOOT-AYERS

Ruth Ellen S. Ayers and Mark Douglas Smoot were married January 25, 1994, in Unity Church of Roanoke Valley with Rev. Alan Rowbotham officiating. The bride's gown was ivory Seville and Schiffli laces with a Victorian neckline, dolman sleeves and modified blouson bodice with a flowing skirt and a handkerchief hemline and soft sweep train. She carried a bouquet of soft peach roses accented by baby's breath and satin ribbons. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. R. Frazier Smith, Jr., of Covington, Va. She is a graduate of the American Health Information Management Association's Program for Accreditation in Health Record Technology and attended Virginia Western Community College and College of Health Sciences. She is employed by Carilion Health System. The groom is the son of Earl Smoot of Roanoke and the late Betsy Williams of Salem. He graduated from Virginia Western Community College and is employed by Roanoke City. The newlyweds will live in Roanoke.



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