Bilbo was the great uncle of the bride's maternal grandfather. Reeves Barbour proposed to his girlfriend of one year this past Dec. He said choosing the historical home as a wedding site was an easy decision. Most of the Mansion weddings have been for the daughters of sitting governors. The only other son to tie the knot there was Paul B. Johnson Jr. Marsha Barbour smiled when she mentioned Paul B. Johnson's history. As to whether her own son might want to be governor one day, she said: "He's a lot like his dad in his political ambitions.
Marsha Barbour said the Mansion yard is getting its usual spring sprucing up, with new flowers and plants, but no out-of-the ordinary steps are being taken to prepare for the wedding. She also said that no taxpayer money is being used to provide food, drinks, decorations or other setups.
As with other weddings, the families are paying the expenses. It is the second-oldest continuously occupied governor's home in the nation, according to the state Department of Archives and History, which oversees the building. Although the Mansion is publicly owned, the building and grounds "are not available to private individuals acting on their own," the department's Web site says. Marsha Barbour said the families had to get approval from the Department of Archives and History to hold the event in the home.
The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. Phillip Knight, a Methodist minister who's close to the bride's family. The most recent Mansion wedding for a child of a sitting governor was on Dec.
Lele is a daughter of Gov. William Winter and his wife, Elise. The wedding took place just weeks after William Winter accomplished his signature achievement - persuading a reluctant Legislature to pass the Education Reform Act of Lele Gillespie was in school at the University of Mississippi when her parents lived in the Mansion, but said she spent summers with them in the historical home.
When the time came to choose a wedding site, she said, "I don't think we thought of anything else. With all the talk of wedding planning, the Barbours and the Grays apparently have made little time to discuss politics. Asked if the bride comes from a family of Republicans, Marsha Barbour had a blank expression and said simply: "I don't know. They are, in a way that counts: Before they even knew him, the Grays voted for their daughter's future father-in-law for governor.
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It's been a lot to be the first lady of the state of Mississippi," she said, "and this would be 50 times bigger.
Regardless of how understandable her concerns may be, this won't help her husband's chances any, which some already viewed as dubious. Barbour's not even the most popular Republican in his home state. A poll conducted by Public Policy Polling showed that Mike Huckabee would do better against President Obama in Mississippi, winning by 14 points instead of Barbour's point margin.
His wife is afraid he'll run for president, the NAACP called his efforts to build a civil rights museum purely political, and he's not even the most popular Republican in his home state; all in all, not the best end of the week for Mr. But at least his spokesman didn't try to make another joke about Japan.
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