McAllister, Virginia Shirley

: Virginia McAllister, Charlotte News, 21 May 1939, p. 24.

: Virginia McAllister Smith, c. 1967. From an unidentified Newberry College publication, Winter 1967, p. 19.

Attended 1924-1925

Birth: 21 Apr 1914, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Death: 15 Nov 1997, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Parents:
George Franklin McAllister (1874–1937)
Julia Ethelyn Crabtree McAllister (1884-1968)

Siblings:
Grady Franklin McAllister (1916-1925)
Elizabeth Katherine “Betty Kate” McAllister Boozer (1918-2009)
Carolyn Crabtree McAllister Moose (1921–2015)
Thomas Caswell McAllister (1923–1944)

Spouse: Jacob Archie Alexander Smith, Sr. (1914-1995)
Marriage: 20 May 1939, Cabarrus County, North Carolina

Children:
Ethelyn Crabtree Smith Hegele (1941-)
Jacob Archie Alexander Smith, Jr. (1943-)
Virginia McAllister Smith Little (1950-)
Martha Caswell Smith Arnold (1955-)

Burial:
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
Source: www.findagrave.com, #30196622.

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News and Record (Greensboro, NC), 28 May 1939, p. 8C.

Miss M’Allister Becomes Bride Of Mr. Smith

(Special to Daily News)
CONCORD, May 27.—Beautiful in every detail was the wedding of Miss Virginia Shirey McAllister and Jacob Archie Smith, both of Mt. Pleasant, which was solemnized Saturday afternoon, May 20, at Holy Trinity Lutheran church in Mt. Pleasant. Rev. John W. Link and Rev. L. D. Miller, pastor of the bridegroom, officiated with the double ring service of the Lutheran ritual.

Miss Julie Shirey, organist, and Mrs. George Little, of Winston-Salem, violinist, rendered the wedding music prior to the ceremony, and Miss Carolyn McAllister, sister of the bride, sang “Because,” by D’Hardelet, before the entrance of the bridal party. Mrs. Little played the wedding hymn, “O Perfect Love,” during the ceremony, and the traditional processional and recessional marches were played by the organist.

Henry Boger and Alex McAllister, of Mt. Pleasant, served as ushers. The bride’s only attendant was her sister, Miss Elizabeth Kate McAllister.

The bride was attired in a traveling costume of navy alpaca with white accessories. Instead of a bouquet she carried the prayerbook long used by her father, the late Col. G. F. McAllister, and it was showered with valley lilies. She carried her mother’s wedding handkerchief, and her only ornament was a gold necklace given by her grandfather to his bride.

After the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Smith left for a wedding trip through the Great Smoky mountains, and after June 1 will reside in Concord.

Mrs. Smith was educated at the Mt. Pleasant institute and at Newberry college. She is deputy clerk of the Superior court in Cabarrus county.

Mr. Smith is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney E. Smith, of Mt. Pleasant. He was educated at the Mt. Pleasant Collegiate institute and holds a position with the Cabarrus Bank and Trust company in Concord.

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From the Julia Ethelyn Crabtree McAllister Collection.
Unidentified Newberry College publication, Winter 1967, p. 19. Includes a brief profile on Virginia McAllister Smith, one of the five Newberry “Robins.”