Ellen Crenshaw Johnson and Edgar Rhodes Hauser III were married on May 30 at the Farrior Place, the Crenshaw family farm, in Fort Deposit. The 5:30 p.m., outdoor ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Murray Wesley Lee. An outdoor reception followed the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Harriet Crenshaw Johnson of Montgomery and Mr. and Mrs. William Sigler Johnson of Greenville. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Henry Farrior Crenshaw and the late Mr. Crenshaw of Montgomery, formerly of Fort Deposit, the late retired Col. and Mrs. Armistead Robison Harper of Monroeville and Camden and the late Mr. Arthur Leslie Johnson Sr. of Camden.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rhodes Hauser Jr. of Livingston. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Will Nichols Davis of Livingston and the late Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rhodes Hauser of Birmingham.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore her sister’s gown. The strapless ivory silk satin gown featured a fitted bodice with a semi-full skirt and a chapel- length train, which was bustled. For the ceremony and reception, the bride wore a hip-length Alencon lace jacket with cap sleeves. The jacket was accented with an ivory satin sash tied at the waist. Her single-tier, elbow length veil was bordered with Alencon lace to complement her jacket.
She carried a large bouquet of white peonies, white garden roses, pink hydrangeas, blue hydrangeas, white lisianthus and salai wrapped with an ivory ribbon. She also carried heirloom handkerchiefs belonging to the groom’s late maternal and paternal grandmothers.
The bride’s sister, Elizabeth Johnson Thornley, served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Elizabeth Crum Davis, Frances Redden Morris, Barton Crenshaw Crum, Madelynn Scott Griggers, Sydney Elizabeth Griggers, Katherine Branum Bourne, Emily Brown Cotney, Elizabeth Walter Stewart and Lucile Waller Rey.
The groom’s brother-in-law, Lee Thomas Ozmint, served as best man. Groomsmen were William Thomas Ozmint, Jonathan Pace Ozmint, Carl Martin Adams IV, David Grant Buck, Lewis Clifford Cole, Robert James Hayes, William Marbury McCullough, Thomas Lambert Powell, John Clinton Jacobs, Andrew John Roberts, Thomas Bass Smith and Kelly Kirkpatrick Stephens.
Children participating in the wedding were Margaret Hall Thornley, Mary Allison Hayes, Mary Alton Kenerly and Edgar Anderson Stephens. Program attendants were Marlyn Grace Jackson and Molly Martin Stephens. Scripture was read by Kathryn Crenshaw Kay.
After a honeymoon trip to Greece, the couple live in Birmingham.
