Jamaica Gleaner News - Still sparkling! - Sunday

Still sparkling!
published: Sunday | August 12, 2007

Arthur Hamilton and wife Joan (second right) celebrated 25 years of marriage with their daughters Lee (left) and Rachel at the Knutsford Court Hotel on Thursday night. - Photos by Rudolph Brown/Chief Photographer

Still Sparking was the theme selected by the daughters of Arthur and Joan Hamilton as they invited family and friends to join them in celebrating their parent's 25th wedding anniversary at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday night.

In her tribute, daughter Rachel spoke of the care and guidance she has received from her wonderful parents while Lee expressed her appreciation in a well-executed dance. Meanwhile, snapshots of the couple's 25-year journey were projected on a screen which formed the backdrop of a beautifully decorated room.

Gift from God

Arthur Hamilton (right), partner in the law firm Patterson Mair Hamilton and his daughter Lee (second left), chat with Hester Rousseau (left) and Jean Sinclair at his 25th wedding anniversary celebration (left) andWyvolyn Gager and husband Trevor Patterson at the anniversary celebration (right).

The joyful occasion was witnessed by several of Arthur's legal colleagues and the couple's family and friends, including those who travelled from the Cayman Islands and Florida as well as members of their church family. Arthur is a partner in the New Kingston law firm Patterson Mair Hamilton.

A gift from God is how Joan described her husband of 25 years as she rolled back the years to the time of their first meeting and the fact that her well-laid plans to become a missionary were derailed by this wonderful man she now calls husband.

Here, Hamilton (right) hangs out with Pat Rousseau (left) and Ethen Sinclair (left) andJoan Hamilton (left) shares a joke with Dorothy Pine-McLarty and her husband Herman at the Knutsford Court Hotel in New Kingston (right).