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Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM

What goes around, comes around

Marble Falls seamstress repurposes heirloom wedding dress into baptism gown
What goes around, comes around
More than 50 years after its first use, Jenice Graham Benedict had her wedding dress transformed into a baptismal gown for her granddaughter.

It was 1974, and I had recently gotten engaged to my Texas Aggie sweetheart. We planned a winter wedding before my student teaching and college graduation from Southwest Texas State University. As our wedding day drew closer, my mother and I set out to find the perfect wedding gown.

Eventually, we made it to the bridal boutique at Frost Brothers, a high-fashion San Antonio department store in the North Star Mall.

We were shown to a dressing room, and the wedding stylist brought out several gowns for me to consider.

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