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Traditional wording
Use these suggestions when writing invitations
 
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By bride's parents:
 
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thomas
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Ann Marie
to
John Wesley Roberts
Saturday, the 6th of October
Two Thousand One
at four o'clock
Saint James Church
Wilmington, North Carolina

 
When parents are divorced:
The parent with whom the bride lives -- or most recently lived -- usually issues the invitation.
 
Father issuing:
Mr. Earl Thomas
requests the honor of your presence ...

 
Mother issuing:
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas
requests the honor of your presence ...

 
If both are hosting your wedding:
Mr. Earl Thomas
and
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas
request the honor of your presence ...

 
When one parent is deceased:
And the living parent has not remarried:
 
Mrs. Earl Thomas
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter

etc.
 
If the living parent has remarried:
 
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mann
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of her daughter

or
at the marriage of Mrs. Mann's daughter
or
at the marriage of their daughter
 
If the bride and groom issue their own invitations:
 
Miss Ann Marie Thomas
and
Mr. David Mark Edmonson
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage ...

 
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