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OUTER ENVELOPES |
INNER ENVELOPES |
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Single Guests |
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Unmarried Female |
Miss Jane Jones
or
Ms. Jane Jones
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Miss Jones
and Guest
or
Ms. Jones
and Guest |
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Divorced Female-kept married name (Smith) |
Mrs. Jane Smith
or
Ms. Jane Smith |
Mrs. Smith
and Guest
or
Ms. Smith
and Guest |
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Divorced Female-back to married name (Jones) |
Ms. Jane Jones |
Ms. Jones
and Guest |
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Widowed Female |
Mrs. Jane Smith
or
Mrs. John Smith |
Mrs. Smith
(and Guest)
*never use ‘and guest’ if recently widowed. |
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CHILDREN |
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Children under 18 |
*Do not put on outer envelope Only list parents. |
And Kayla (1 child)
Kayla and Johnny (2+children)
*List by age-oldest first. |
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Child 18 and over |
Miss Kayla Jones |
Miss Jones
and Guest |
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COUPLES |
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Unmarried couples who do not live together |
Miss Jane Jones
*the only name on the outer should be the person who lives at the address. |
Miss Jones
Mr. Davis |
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Unmarried couples who live together |
Miss Jane Jones
Mr. Carl Davis |
Miss Jones
Mr. Davis |
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Married couples-*notice the use of ‘and’ to signify marriage in the following: |
Mr. And Mrs. Carl Davis |
Mr. And Mrs. Davis |
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Married Couple-She kept maiden name |
Mrs. Jane Jones
and Mr. Carl Davis |
Mrs. Jones and Mr. Davis |
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Married Couple-She has hyphenated last name |
Mrs. Jane Jones-Davis
and Mr. Carl Davis |
Mrs. Jones-Davis and Mr. Davis |
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Married Couple-She has a professional title and he does not. |
Doctor Jane Davis
and Mr. Carl Davis |
Doctor Davis
and Mr. Davis |
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Married Couple-both are doctors |
Doctor Jane Davis
and Doctor Carl Davis
or
The Doctors Davis |
The Doctors Davis |
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Married Couple-both are doctors with different last names |
Doctor Jane Jones
and Doctor Carl Davis |
Doctor Jones
and
Doctor Davis |
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Same sex Couples-list in alphabetical order by last name |
Mr. Fred Smith
Mr. Mark Jones |
Mr. Smith
and
Mr. Jones |
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MILITARY |
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He is a commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Colonel and Mrs. Davis |
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He is a non-commissioned officer or enlisted man |
Mr. And Mrs. Carl Davis |
Mr. and Mrs. Davis |
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He is a retired commissioned officer |
Colonel and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Mr. and Mrs. Davis |
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She is a commissioned officer, he is not |
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Davis
or
Captain Jane Davis
and Mr. Carl Davis |
Mr. and Mrs. Davis
or
Captain Davis and Mr. Davis |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Judge |
The Honorable and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Judge and Mrs. Davis |
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Reverend |
Reverend and Mrs. Carl Davis |
Reverend and Mrs. Davis |
