Mary Bond Screven Bailey
The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentlemen’s dance club founded in 1890, held its winter ball Wednesday evening, December 28, 2011, at the Columbia Marriott. Seven daughters and two granddaughters of members were presented. A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante figure. Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr. directed the figure, which was followed by dinner and dancing to the music of The Jimmy Farr Orchestra.
Daughters presented were Miss Mary Bond Screven Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Screven Bailey, granddaughter of the late Mr. Edward Earl Bailey and Mrs. Mary Screven Simpson Bailey, escorted by Mr. William Darnall Boyd Bailey; Miss Caroline Marie FitzSimons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Duke FitzSimons, granddaughter of Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons III and the late Mr. FitzSimons and great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons Jr., escorted by Mr. Charles Frederick Carter IV; Miss Clara Elizabeth Weston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Nelson Weston Jr., granddaughter of Dr. Shannon Nelson Weston and the late Mrs. Weston, great-granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. William Weston Jr., greatgreat granddaughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. William Weston, escorted by Mr. Christopher Davis Ray; Miss Jean Porter Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Porter Price III, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Heslep Moorman, great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moorman, escorted by Mr. Preston Sullivan Busbee; Miss Julia Campbell Spong, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kershaw Spong, granddaughter of Mrs. Ernest Maye Spong Jr. and the late Mr. Spong, great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Maye Spong, escorted by Mr. John Zachary McFadden; Miss Alexandra Grey Cooke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cotesworth Pickney Sasnett, granddaughter of Dr. Richard Maxwell Sasnett III and the late Mrs. Sasnett, great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maxwell Sasnett Jr., escorted by Mr. Gregory Stephen Morrison; and Miss Rachel Ross Reeves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Berne Fowles, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Wellman Fowles and great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Fowles, escorted by Mr. Burton Palmer Fowles.
Clara Elizabeth Weston
Caroline Marie FitzSimons
Granddaughters of members being presented were Miss Eliza Cotesworth Culbertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rex Simmons Culbertson, granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roland Grant Hughes Jr., greatgranddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maxwell Sasnett, Jr. and great-great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cotesworth Pinckney Seabrook, escorted by Mr. Rex Simmons Culbertson Jr.; and Miss Coles Heyward Lawton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph James Lawton III, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid Jackson, great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dwight Cathcart, and great great-granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Rhett Heyward, escorted by Mr. Edward Kriegsmann Pritchard IV.
Guest debutantes were Miss Mary Bryan Clay, escorted by Mr. William Johnson Pope; Miss Mary Powers Covington, escorted by Mr. John Anderson Wells IV; Miss Sandra Ravenel Godbold,escorted by Mr. Philip Garland Matthews; Miss Anne Morrill Goodall, escorted by Mr. Robert Charles Hartley; Miss Sarah Nance Hall, escorted by Mr. William Taylor Hall; Miss Virginia Rutledge Hicks, escorted by Mr. Aaron Adger Rice III; Miss Janet Cotter Jenkins, escorted by Mr. Arthur Brooker Corontzes; Miss Catherine Wells Reynolds, escorted by Mr. John Calvin Thorne IV; Miss Elizabeth Anne Seabrook, escorted by Mr. Richardson Gaillard Seabrook; Miss Elizabeth Connell Stuckey, escorted by Mr. Christopher Leigh Leventis; and Miss Sarah Greer Theus, escorted by Mr. Robert Edward Kneece III.
Jean Porter Price
Seated at the head table were Mr. John Lyles Glenn IV, president, and Mrs. Glenn; Mr. Bruce Thomas Williams, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Williams; Mr. John Heslep Moorman Jr., vice-president, and Mrs. Moorman; Mr. Raymond Emery Clark, secretary-treasurer, and Mrs. Clark; Mr. William Harrison Theus, past president and debutante announcer, and Mrs. Theus; and Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr., director of the debutante figure, and Mr. Heath. Also seated at the head table were executive committee members Dr. Joseph Sherrard Rice Jr. and Mrs. Rice, Dr. Angus McKay Brabham III and Mrs. Brabham, Mr. Shannon Nelson Weston Jr. and Mrs. Weston, and Mr. William Porter Price III and Mrs. Price.
Julia Campbell Spong
Alexandra Grey Cooke
Rachel Ross Reeves
Eliza Cotesworth Culbertson
Coles Heyward Lawton
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