The Maybelline Story

Four Generations of Beautiful Maybelline Brides

By Sharrie Williams · Written October 2015 · 1 min read

Four Generations of Beautiful Maybelline Brides

Maybelline featured a Bride and Groom, in this charming 1943 World War ll ad. Here is a gallery of four generations of Maybelline weddings in the Noel J. Williams line of the family


Four Generations of Beautiful Maybelline Brides



Mr. and Mrs. John B, Clark, (Kelly Brown) recently married in Colorado. They carry on the tradition of beautiful weddings set nearly 100 years ago.



Four Generations of Beautiful Maybelline Brides



John’s mother, Nancy Williams Clark, at her wedding in California, 1976, carried the elegance set by her mother in the 1940’s.





Four Generations of Beautiful Maybelline Brides

John’s grandparents, Mr. and Mr. Noel Allen Williams at their wedding in Chicago, 1949. Noel and Jean were married for over 45 years.





John’s great grandparents, Noel James Williams and Frances Allen married in 1916, in Morganfield Kentucky.


Noel was one of the original founders of the Maybelline Company, along with his brother Tom Lyle Williams and their sister and namesake Mabel Williams in 1915.


Read more about the Williams family in “The Maybelline Story and the Spirited Family Dynasty Behind It”

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