Sydna and Bill Johnson honored their granddaughter, Lily Madeleine Hendrix, with an “Eve of the Ball” cocktail buffet at their McClung Avenue home. Lily was selected by the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra Guild to be one of the 2016 debutantes. For this occasion, she wore a forest green dress with a delicate lace overlay.

Tamara Olive arranged the flowers with hydrangeas in a large silver vase, which adorned the entry table of the Johnson’s 1908 home. Roses, lilies, snapdragons, and hydrangeas in a silver wine cooler served as the dining room table centerpiece. Vases of delphiniums were placed in front of the stained glass windows in the dining room. In the more informal spaces, seasonal gourds, fall, and Halloween arrangements decorated the home.

Ashley Carlton catered the cocktail buffet and Justin Ennis tended bar for the guests. The buffet menu’s features consisted of beef tenderloin with homemade rolls and sauce, grilled chicken, shrimp and grits bites, bacon bleu cheese savory cheesecake with fruit and crackers, and mini twice-baked potatoes. In addition, vegetables and dip, assorted pick-up sweets, toasted pecans, and cheese straws were served.

Jimmy Wall and Joanne Wall, grandparents of Lily’s escort to the ball, Michael Wall, were special guests. Her great-aunts, Delia Scott and Gwen Belle-Isle, were special out-of-town guests. Family and friends of Lily’s spanning three generations joined the party to celebrate her presentation as a debutante.