Montgomery’s Buds of 1936
George Bibb Edmondson
“Beauty in the Bud”
Montgomery Advertiser
March 4,1936
"George Bibb Edmondson, whose face you can’t fail to recognize, is the son of Mrs. Mattie Bibb Edmondson. He is a recognized beauty, possessed of inherited naturalness and graciousness. Secondarily interested in art, he has loaned his talent to the Little Theater, and his ability is heartily in demand for the forthcoming year, if his consent can be had. Naturally a reticent and demure blond, he is artistic in his taste, especially among the fairer sex. Mr. Edmondson received his education among the numerous pitfalls of the University of Alabama, where he was practically a member of the Kappa Delta Sorority. He is just one of the many buds about to bloom in this year’s crop, and marked favors will probably be extended to him as a courtesy."
Meanwhile, back in Beaumont, not much more than a smile passed between George Bibb and the apple of his eye, my mother. But the spell was cast and her new suitor began a series of romantic gestures in an attempt to woo her. Employed by the Coca-Cola enterprise, he occasionally serviced the Texas area, finding more and more excuses to return and linger in Beaumont. George Bibb’s twelve year seniority made his attentiveness more alluring as he suavely and poetically romanced his heartthrob into accepting a proposal of marriage after only three months.
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