Top: The Azalea Belles pose on the McEachern lawn during the Cape Fear Garden Club’s annual Azalea Belle Tea. Above, clockwise from top left: Featured in
the Star-News, Mary Lou McEachern loved her work with the Azalea Belles and Garden Tour. Gayle Ward of the Cape Fear Garden Club hugs the author during
the 2013 Cape Fear Garden Club’s Azalea Belle Tea, the final tea held at the McEachern home on Cedar Island. Mary Lou and Sandy McEachern, consummate
entertainers, loved teaming up to host the tea. Sandy McEachern was proud of his little pink signs, directing the Belles around the house for the tea. Mary
Margaret and husband, Rob Dillow, enjoy hosting the final Tea at the family’s Cedar Island home.
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COURTESY OF MARY MARGARET McEACHERN COURTESY OF STARNEWS
COURTESY OF MARY MARGARET McEACHERN COURTESY OF MARY MARGARET McEACHERN
