Lionetti and Taliaferro S loane Elizabeth Taliaferro and Stephen Thomas Lionetti were united in marriage Saturday, June 6, 2015, at seven o’clock in the evening at The Houstonian Hotel, Houston, TX with Mr. Michael R. Jones officiating. Sloane is the daughter of Doctor and Mrs. Henry Govan Taliaferro, Jr. of West Monroe, and the granddaughter of Mrs. Daniel Norwood Smith and the late Mr. Smith of Winnfield, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Govan Taliaferro, Senior, of Jonesville. Stephen is the son of Mr. Thomas Anthony and Doctor PJ Lionetti of Houston and grandson of Ms. Joanne Patterson of Beaumont, TX, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Lionetti, Rochelle Park, NJ. Escorted by her father, the bride wore a custom designed gown by Leanne Marshall. The gown of ivory silk chiffon and silk duchess satin with pleated details was embellished with silk organza floral accents. Crystal navette
leaves and baguette flowers entwined with gold wiring and satin ribbon created the headpiece. For something old, borrowed, and blue, Sloane wore her mother’s sapphire bracelet. She also carried her mother’s handkerchief and six pence used in her parents’ wedding. Sloane carried a bouquet of blush and cream garden roses, blush peonies, fado roses, freesia, dusty miller, eucalyptus and pheasant feathers. Attending Miss Taliaferro as matron of honor was Doctor Sarah Moore Hicks of Baton Rouge, LA. Bridesmaids were Meghan Chelsea Binford, J.D., Philadelphia, PA; Jessica Constance Coe, San Francisco, CA; Doctor Neha Sanjeev Deshpande, Seattle, WA; Doctor Sarah Ezzell Horton, Dallas, TX; Laura Elizabeth Liem, San Francisco, CA; and Rachel Marie Mercer-Smith, Santa Fe, NM. The attendants wore cocktail dresses of silk crinkled chiffon in a hue of dusty shale. Instru-
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mental music for the ceremony was provided by Ms. Liem and Patrick Ray. The groom’s brother, Michael Anthony Lionetti of Houston, served as best man. Groomsmen were Michael Aaron Brand, New York, NY; Michael David Bucek, Cleveland, OH; Henry Brian Greenberg, San Diego, CA; Jordan Lee Samuels, San Antonio, TX; and Timothy Craig Witushynsky, Wichita, KS. Wedding guest enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres before being invited into the Forest Ballroom for a seated dinner. The traditional bridal cake and the dark chocolate groom’s cake were served for dessert. Individual tambourines added to the guests’ festivities as they danced throughout the evening to the J.P. Daine Band. Arrangements of white hydrangea, ivory and blush peonies, blush garden roses and dusty miller filled silver mercury bowls, vases and julep
cups. Silver candelabra and mercury votives and goblets completed the table arrangements. On the eve of the wedding, a rehearsal dinner was hosted by the groom’s parent at St. Arnold’s Brewery. An engagement party was held in the lovely Monroe home of Dawn and Harlan Sager. Also, a cocktail party for the couple was held in New York, hosted by Nikki Georgopulos. The bride is a graduate of Rice University and Columbia University. Sloane is employed with Google, Inc. as a Support Specialist. The groom is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University and Texas A&M University. Steve is employed with Google, Inc. as an Account Strategist. Following their honeymoon to Marataba and Madikwe, South Africa, they are now home in New York City. Photography by Binford Creative, The Woodlands, Texas.