Alex
Marshall and Mary Anderson 
Date: March 1980
Location:
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: Alex married wealthy Mary Anderson to gain control of her company, Anderson Contruction.
The Ceremony: Bob had a heart attack and died
Reception:
Honeymoon:
Status:
Doug and Julie Williams
Date: May 22, 1981
Location: the garden at Doug's house
Wedding Party: Maid of Honor--Maggie; Best Man--Mickey
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: This was their second wedding. Lee was still causing problems for the pair. Just before the wedding, she was discharged from the sanitarium. She lurked in the background unnoticed as guests arrived at Doug's house, then managed to detain Julie in the den. Doug found them, locked Lee inside and she watched from the windows as the couple wed.
The Ceremony: Doug sang "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" to Julie and recited poetry
Reception: Doug's Place
Honeymoon:Japan
Status:
Joshua
Fallon and Jessica Blake
Date: Spring 1981
Location: the Horton house
Wedding Party: Best Man: Chris Kositchek, Maid of Honor: Renee DuMonde; Groomsman: David Banning, Bridesmaid: Kayla Brady; Ring Bearer: Scotty Banning.
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony:
Reception:
Honeymoon:
Status: The pair are still married and
living in Ohio
David
Banning and Renee Dumonde
Date: November 1982
Location: Church of the Angels, Salem--there was a location shoot with Tony running through town looking for it
Wedding Party: Best Man: Josh Fallon, Maid of Honor: Marlena Evans. Jessica was supposed to be Matron of Honor but she couldn't make it to the wedding. Ring Bearer: Scotty Banning.
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: Renee married David on the rebound from her relationship with Tony after finding out that Tony was her brother. On the day of the wedding, Tony confessed to Daphne that he was still in love with Renee. Daphne confessed that Tony and Renee weren't really related, because Stefano wasn't Tony's father (he really was). Tony rushed to the church to stop the ceremony, but it was too late.
The Ceremony:
Reception: At the DiMera house, Tony tried to convince Renee that she didn't want to be with David and she rushed off on her honeymoon to avoid him.
Honeymoon: Paris--Tony called her during honeymoon and she acted like she wasn't affected.
Status: Divorced in 1983 because Renee
was jealous of David's career ambitions and his budding relationship
with Kayla
Date: February 9, 1983
Location: Church of the Angels, Salem
Wedding Party: Maid of Honor--Maggie Horton; Bridesmaids--Kayla Brady, Marie Horton; Best Man--Abe Carver; Groomsmen--Chris Kositchek; Eugene Bradford; Flower Girl--Carrie Brady
Wedding Attire: Marlena's dress was a formal white gown with a heart shaped neck. The bridesmaids wore a fuscia pink color scheme
Pre-Wedding Events: Roman was almost assasinated (by one of Stefano's goons) in the tuxedo shop on the way to the wedding
The Ceremony: Roman was almost assasinated but Eugene's vibe saved his life. They made it through the whole ceremony the second time around, with Doug singing "Up Where We Belong." They recited their poem,The True Season of Love by Goethe
Reception: Blondie's
Honeymoon: Marlena originally had to go with Don (in disguise) while Roman was chasing Stefano. They finally made it to a ski resort after Roman saved Marlena from Stefano
Status: The couple's marriage "ended"
when Roman died in 1984. However, when Roman returned in 1991, the
couple was still considered to be married, since Marlena thought she
had remarried Roman in 1986. They divorced in 1994.
Marie Horton and Neil Curtis
Date: 1983
Location: Greenbriar Inn
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: A few days before the wedding, Neil heroically delivered Liz's baby at Ridgecrest, while Stefano was holding Marlena and Liz hostage. He dressed up as a paramedic to deliver some supplies to Stefano's goon at the front door, but then slipped around back and broke into the room where Liz was in labor. Liz thought Neil knew at the time that the baby was his, and that's why he was there. Neil didn't know (he thought the baby was Tony's); so when he got back, he asked Marie to run off and elope (only Alice & Tom knew).
The Ceremony: Small ceremony, with a judge (?) and his wife as a witness.
Reception: The next day, Doug & Julie held a small reception with Alice & Tom at Doug's Place. Anna was also at Doug's place, waiting for Tony to sign some papers. When he arrived, Tony saw Neil, pulled him aside, and said he was in the process of getting the baby's name changed to "Curtis." When Neil figured out what Tony was talking about, he raced over to Don's house to see Liz. Marie followed, and witnessed Neil and Liz sharing a tender moment. As they were leaving, Marie expressed her concern over Liz's situation, but made it clear that Neil was hers, and that it was going to stay that way!
Honeymoon: Neil and Marie went back to the Greenbriar Inn to start their honeymoon, only to find Liz hiding in their room. Liz was there (thinking Neil was alone) to tell him that Noelle was his child. Liz went back to Don Craig's townhouse without telling Neil the news.
Status: They divorced later that same
year.
Alex Marshall and Renee Dumonde
Date:1983
Location:
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: Alex was only interested in Renee for her money. He had found a second will of Stefano's that left her all his money. Renee accepted Alex's proposal without much thought about his real intent behind the marriage.
The Ceremony: Following the ceremony, Renee quickly realized Alex was after her inheritance and decided to get even. During a grand celebration at the DiMera mansion, Renee announced from the staircase that Alex had married her only for her money and would never touch her again. She then retreated upstairs, where she was poisoned and stabbed in the back with a knife (by the Salem Slasher). Alex was first suspected of the murder but was cleared of the charges when he didn't even know his wife had died.
Reception:
Honeymoon: There was no honeymoon, because Renee was murdered the night of their wedding.
Status:
Tony DiMera and Anna Fredericks
Date: 1983
Location: Las Vegas
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: With the help of Alex Marshall (or Woody?), Anna conned her way on a business trip with Tony to Las Vegas (she was his secretary at the time). Alex arranged for the Justice of the Peace and Anna drugged Tony on the plane so that he would still be out of it when they arrived in Vegas. They were married before they ever checked into a hotel. They both woke up in the same bed the next morning; Anna staggered over to a table, and expressed her "shock" in finding a marriage license.
Reception:
Honeymoon:
Status: Not long after they wed, Anna became pregnant, then miscarried during a murder attempt initiated by rival Renee Banning. Soon after, Tony learned the truth about their Vegas ceremony and divorced Anna, even though she claimed she still loved him.
Eugene Bradford and Trista Evans
Date: 1983
Location: Haiti
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony:
Reception:
Honeymoon:
Status:
Liz Chandler and Neil Curtis
Date: April 20, 1984
Location: Back patio, Neil's house
Wedding Party: Chris was best man, Marlena was maid of honor
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: Liz and Neil were engaged and almost married, but while she was in jail, there was a breakout where she was injured and developed amnesia. Liz thought she was still in love with Don until she got her memory back.
The Ceremony: Liz sang "Always on my Mind"
Reception: in the garden
Honeymoon:
Status: Liz and Neil divorced in 1986 when she moved to LA to pursue an acting career with a push from Savannah Wilder.
Hope Williams and Larry Welch
Date: June 12, 1984
Location: A church in Salem
Wedding Party: Melissa was a bridesmaid, Maggie was the matron of honor, and Larry's brother was best man
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events: Bo kidnapped Hope the first time around and Howie Hoffsteder took her place. Bo & Hope were found, Bo was beat up and Max Hathaway forced Hope to marry Larry
The Ceremony: Liz sang
Reception:
Honeymoon: Hope told Larry she hated him and they slept in separate beds
Status:
Don Craig and Liz Chandler
Date:1981
Location:
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: the ceremony was invalid because Liz was still married to Tony DiMera.
Reception:
Honeymoon:
Jake
Kositchek and Jessica Blake
Date: Late 1981
Location: A Las Vegas chapel
Wedding Party: none
Wedding attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: Before the ceremony could be finished, Marie Horton stopped the wedding and announced that Jessica couldn't be married because she had a split personality, Angel.
Mickey
Horton and Maggie Simmons
Date:
July 1983
Location: Mickey and Maggie's house
Wedding Party: Melissa Anderson was maid of honor. There was no best man.
Wedding attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: As the ceremony was in progress, Maggie walked out when she realized that she couldn't renew her vows to Mickey because she still loved Don Craig.
Neil
Curtis and Liz Chandler
Date: December 9 & 12, 1983
Location: Reinhardt Prison
Wedding party:
Wedding attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: Prison inmates Billie Chadwick, Gail Simmons, and Charlene Higgins used the wedding to stage a prison break. During the commotion that ensued, Charlene shot Liz.
Eugene Bradford and Marlena Evans
Date: 1984
Location:
Wedding Party:
Wedding Attire:
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: The ceremony wasn't real. Eugene was forced to claim that the babies Marlena was pregnant with were his, because Roman was "dead." The pair married so things wouldn't seem suspicious.
Reception:
Honeymoon:
Larry
Welch and Hope Williams
Date:
Late May 1984
Location: Church
Wedding Party: Ben Welch was best man, Maggie Horton was Matron of Honor
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: Bo kidnapped Hope from the Church's antechamber and proclaimed his love to her. Meanwhile, Alice Horton arranged for Howie Hoffstedder to wear a wig & a wedding gown to surprise Larry at the altar. When Larry lifted the bride's veil, Howie proclaimed "Forget Hope, it's you and me, Baby!" Larry punched him, amidst shocked laughs from several spectators.
Bo Brady and Hope Welch
Date:1984
Location: Oak Alley in Louisiana
Wedding Party: None
Wedding Attire: They were dressed in civil-war era costumes, to look like Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara
Pre-Wedding Events:
The Ceremony: It was a symbolic wedding, where Bo read a poem to Hope that Shawn already read to Caroline.
Reception: none
Honeymoon: none
There is still a lot more to add to this page and many weddings I haven't yet included. If you would like to help fill in the blanks, please send an email to: beth@bethsdayspage.com with "weddings" in the subject. You will receive credit for anything you contribute.
All pictures on this page were scanned in by me from Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Update, and Daytime TV specials, such as Inside Days of Our Lives. Thanks to Stacy Krugman for lots of information. This page wouldn't have been possible without her! Some info came from SOU and SOD.
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