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The
wedding and reception will
be be held at the Payne-Corley House in Duluth, GA
on February 23rd, 2008.
The
ceremony begins at 6:30pm and the reception will immidately follow the
wedding. It is currently planned as an outdoor
ceremony pending weather. With the way 2007's weather has
gone it
could be a very pleasant evening or an inside ceremony.
Please
plan accordingly.
The
wedding party pictures will be taken before the ceremony to take
advantage of the outdoor scenery in twilight.
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Payne-Corley
House History
The Payne-Corley House
has been a part
of Duluth history since 1873. In 1904, the house was purchased by
Joseph L. Moor. His daughter Emma married local merchant and next-door
neighbor, Lee Payne, and they had three girls. Emma died as a result of
the Flu epidemic in 1917. After Emma's death, Lee moved into the
Payne-Corley House where Emma's sister, Elizabeth, and mother Sara
could help him care for the children. Lee later married Elizabeth and
they raised the three girls together in the house.
In 1938, Frances Payne,
the youngest
daughter of Lee and Emma Payne, took over the estate where she lived
with her husband Minor Corley. After Frances' death in 1981, Mr. Corley
married a childhood friend, Winnie Guthrie Cain. She lived in the house
with Mr. Corley until his death, and occupied the house until June of
1998.
In 1998, a group of
five ladies,
life-long friends and Duluth residents formed DreamKeepers, Inc. and
purchased the Payne-Corley House, transforming it into a magical
destination for weddings and special events. The ladies personally
managed the facility until October 2004 when they hired a professional
hospitality management company, Sage
House Group, Inc., to oversee operation of the Payne-Corley
House.
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