Charleston, South Carolina August 23, 1947
The wedding was at set for 5 pm at the Citadel Square Baptist Church. The Lawrence family and the Skinner family were thrilled that Frances and Bill were about to tie the knot. There were no finer young people in the land than those two. Bill was finishing medical school and about to receive his honorable discharge from the Navy. Francis was working as the church secretary for the Citadel Square Baptist Church. Each of them had previously professed a call to the mission field, and were now making plans to follow their call together.
But the important thing at hand on the morning of August 23 was to complete the detailed preparations for the five o’clock wedding ceremony. It was nine o’clock and there was still more to do. Frances was in a race against the clock.
