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Invitations Issued By Bride's Parents Standard Form
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Richard Dean Smith on Saturday, the fifteenth of June Two thousand and two at three o'clock in the afternoon First Presbyterian Church 101 Main Street Edina, Minnesota

Nuptial Mass
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Richard Dean Smith on Saturday, the fifteenth of June Two thousand and ten at an eleven o'clock Nuptial Mass Saint John's Catholic Church 101 Main Street Edina, Minnesota

Invitations Issued By Bride and Groom's Parents
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Vernon Smith request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their children

Invitations Issued By Groom's Parents
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Vernon Smith request the honour of your presence at the marriage of Barbara Ann Baker to their son Richard Dean Smith

Second Marriages Divorcee uses combination of maiden and married names
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann Baker Smith

Widow uses married name
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann Smith

Divorced Parents
Mrs. Joyce Nelson Baker Mr. William Lewis Baker request the honour OR Mrs. Joyce Nelson Baker and Mr. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence

Bride's Divorced Mother(if not remarried) uses combination of her maiden and married names
Mrs. Joyce Nelson Baker requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Barbara Ann

Bride's Divorced Father (if not remarried)
Mr. William Lewis Baker requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of his daughter Barbara Ann

Invitations Issued By Bride and Groom
Barbara Ann Baker and Richard Dean Smith request the honour of your presence at their marriage

Invitations Issued By Friends
Mr. and Mrs. Steven Karl Schmidt request the honour of your presence at the marriage of Barbara Ann Baker

Invitations Issued By Adult Children
William J. Leonard, Jr. David L. Leonard Barbara A. Smith request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their mother Sharon Marie to Thomas Gardiner

Invitations Issued By More then 2 Sets of Parents
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Cooley and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Vernon Smith request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their children

Reaffirmation of Vows
The honour of your presence is requested at the reaffirmation of the wedding vows of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Forbes

Suffixes
Jr., junior, II, III, IV are all properly preceded by a comma Jr. is capitalized when abbreviated Richard Dean Smith, Jr. Junior is not capitalized when spelled in full Richard Dean Smith, junior

Divorced Mother and Stepfather
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Cooley request the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Barbara Ann Baker OR Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Cooley request the honour of your presence at the marriage of Mrs. Cooley's daughter Barbara Ann Baker

Mother only invites
Mrs. Thomas C. Cooley requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Barbara Ann Baker

Divorced Father and Stepmother
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of his daughter Barbara Ann Baker OR Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of Mr. Baker's daughter Barbara Ann Baker

Reception Invitations
The phrase "request the pleasure of your company" is used here and on invitations to other social functions Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the pleasure of your company at the wedding reception for their daughter

One Parent Deceased Living parent not remarried
Mrs. William Lewis Baker requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Barbara Ann

One Parent Deceased Living parent remarried
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Cooley request the honour of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Barbara Ann Baker OR Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Cooley request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann Baker

Both Parents Deceased Invitations issued by unmarried older brother or sister
Mr. Roger Vernon Baker requests the honour of your presence at the marriage of his sister Barbara Ann

Invitations issued by married older brother or sister
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Keller request the honour of your presence at the marriage of her sister Barbara Ann Baker

Invitations issued by grandparents or uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver J. Olson request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their granddaughter Barbara Ann Baker

Wedding Announcements Announcements must always have a year line, and time of ceremony is never mentioned
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker have the honour of announcing the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Richard Dean Smith on Saturday, the fifteenth of June Two thousand and two First Presbyterian Church Edina, Minnesota

Titles Reverend, Doctor, Captain, etc. are not abbreviated unless lack of space necessitates it
Reverend and Mrs. William L. Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Doctor Richard Dean Smith

Use of Honor and Honour Honor
You are cordially invited to attend a Retirement Party in honor of Bob Johnson

Honour
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter

Double Weddings When brides are sisters, the older sister is mentioned first
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughters Barbara Ann to Richard Dean Smith and Dawn Eloise to Allen Henry Mercer

Military Weddings Officers above the rank of Lieutenant have title preceding name
Major and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Captain Richard Dean Smith United States Army

Junior Officers have title placed on next line preceding branch of service
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Richard Dean Smith First Lieutenant, United States Army

Rank below Sergeant is not indicated, and branch of service is placed below name
Mr. and Mrs. William Lewis Baker request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Barbara Ann to Richard Dean Smith United States Army