McCarver – Long Allison Elizabeth McCarver and Ben Griffin Long were united in marriage at four o’clock in the afternoon on Oct. 31, 2015, at First Baptist Church in Brandon. Dr. Kevin Cooper officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy McCarver of Brandon. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cox of Philadelphia and the late Mr. and Mrs Bill McCarver of Tupelo. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Randall Long of Corinth. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Palmer III, the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Erst Long, Jr. and Grizelda Green Palmer all of whom are from Corinth. Presented in marriage by her father, the bride’s Liancarlo gown was made of re-embroidered Alencon lace and was fashioned with a molded bateau necklace. With her gown, she wore the mother-of-the- groom’s cathedral length veil. Allison walked down the aisle carrying a classic bouquet of white scabiosa, lisianthus, hydrangeas, and creamy white ranunculuses. Here bouquet was tied with a piece of lace from her mother’s wedding gown. Attending the bride as Matron and Maid of Honor were the bride’s sisters, Kayla Bryant and Bailey McCarver. Bridesmaids were Laura Kate Carmichiel, Shelby Lenarz, Meagan Anthony, Maidee Parker Campbell, Samantha Pettus, Lindsay Hardin, Lindsey Thompson, Meg Gazzini, Katie Thornton, Olivia Willson, Taylor Torrence, Caroline Beach, Fenly Davis, and Anne Eastland Richardson. The attendants wore off the shoulder dresses of navy chiffon and carried a smaller version of the bride’s bouquet. Mary Page Davis served as the bride’s proxy, and the flower girls were Sadie Bramlett, Katherine Carmichiel, and Madeleine Wylie. Randall Long, father of the groom, served as best man. Groomsmen were Sumner Abraham, Mikey Arceo, Bryson Avent, Chris Brantley, Clark Carmichiel, Colby Carmichiel, Alex Hood, John James, Giles Langston, David Palmer III, David Palmer, Logan Rush, Francis Stanley, Pat Steelman, Charles Woods, and Hayden Worsham. Ushers were Sam Abbas, Turner Brown, Stephen Bryant, Palmer Houchins, and Bob House. Serving as ring bearer www.mycrossroadsmagazine.com
was Griffin Carmichiel. Nuptial music was presented by pianist Karen May, pianist and vocalist Luke West, vocalist and guitarist Peyton and Bernie Hutchinson, and violinist McGinty Chilcut. Directing the wedding and reception were Cindy Sephton, Megan Wylie, and Meredith Akers with Stella and Company. Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents hosted a reception at the Mississippi Museum of Art where the guests danced to music by High Frequency. On the eve of the wedding the groom’s parents hosted a lovely rehearsal dinner at The South Warehouse. A post toast party, hosted by the groom’s aunts and uncles, followed the dinner where the wedding party, family and friends danced to the music of the band D-Play. Following a honeymoon to Riviera Maya Mexico, the couple is at home in Jackson where the groom recently graduated from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in May. In June, they will relocate to Charleston, S.C., where the groom will begin a three year residency in internal medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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