SARA ELISABETH JONES& PATRICK KEITH HEMPHILL NOVEMBER 14, 2015 j NATCHEZ, mississippi j photography by B. FLINT photography
ara Elisabeth Jones and Patrick Keith Hemphill were united in holy matrimony at four o’clock in the afternoon on November 14, 2015, at Brandon Hall Plantation in Natchez, Mississippi. Dr. Larry LeBlanc performed the double-ring ceremony under the canopy of a grandiose live oak tree. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Knox Austin of McComb, Mississippi, and Mr. Donald Reginald Jones of Liberty, Mississippi. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Elisabeth Butler Jumper of Summit, Mississippi; the late Mr. William David Jumper; the late Dr. Albert Ray Lee, Jr., of Tylertown, Mississippi; and the late Mr. and Mrs. Riley Claude “R. C.” Jones of Liberty. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Carroll Hemphill of McComb. He is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Lauren Mack Lanier of Gillsburg, Mississippi; the late Mr. John Norman Honea; and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Ottis Hemphill. Wedding guests entered the outdoor ceremony as guitarist, Shan Kenner of New Orleans, Louisiana, entertained. The bride arrived in a 1949 Rolls Royce and exited the vehicle at the entrance to the aisle to “Luckiest Guy in the World,” a song selected by the groom as a
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surprise to the bride and sung by a dear friend of the couple, Brandon Andrews. The bride wore an ensemble of ivory English netting and lace over gold bridal satin. The fitted lace gown had a sweetheart bodice with an overlay of illusion and lace appliques covering the neckline and sheer back. A floral design of hand-beaded Swarovski crystals and pearls on a satin ribbon highlighted the natural waist. Layers of English netting and scattered lace appliques formed the A-line skirt which ended in a chapel-length train. Her fingertip veil was ivory illusion. The pin atop her veil worn as her “something old” and “borrowed” was an antique brooch of her mother’s; and the bracelet worn as her “something blue” was an antique bracelet of her greatgreat-aunt Mary Dawson Cain. The bride carried a bouquet of magenta and soft pink David Austin roses, pale blue scabiosa, lavender spray rose, soft blue hydrangeas, blue and green succulents, and seeded eucalyptus and dusty miller, all bound in ivory satin ribbon. Attending the bride as matron of honor was Molly Austin Paolicelli of Vienna, Virginia, sister of the bride; and serving as maid of honor was Cassie Braswell Anderson of Liberty, childhood
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friend of the bride. Bridesmaids were Catherine Layfield Semmes of West Monroe, Louisiana, friend of the bride, and Mallory Elizabeth Hemphill of Summit, sister of the groom. Stuart Carroll Hemphill, father of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Stuart Carroll Hemphill II of McComb, brother of the groom; Stephen Landon Moore of Smithdale, Mississippi, childhood friend of the groom; and Donald Reginald Jones, Jr., of McComb, brother of the bride. Flower girls were Katherine Evans Austin, Anna Bryan Hemphill, and Mia Austin Paolicelli, nieces of the couple. The girls wore hair wreaths of pink and lavender majolica spray roses with variegated ivy. Clifford Knox Austin, nephew of the bride, served as ring bearer; and he carried a small wooden disk with an ivory ribbon tied, representing the rings. The couple exited the ceremony to a song selected by the bride as a surprise to the groom, “Islands in the Stream,” sung by Brandon Andrews. Following the ceremony, a reception was held in the courtyard and ballroom of Brandon Hall. Guests were greeted in the courtyard by a table decorated with a custom canvas, painted by