Karli Marie Ewing marries Houston Findlay Sarratt

Fin Sarratt, an Auburn University graduate, and Karli Ewing, still a student there at the time, met during March Madness in 2019. She visited him in Nashville and eventually moved back home to California, but long-distance was no obstacle for this love as, according to Karli, “We talked and FaceTime’d almost every day, and Fin even helped me secure a job in Nashville.” He proposed three years later at the site of their rst date: Percy Warner Park in Belle Meade. ey married in August 2022, at St. George’s Episcopal Church with Reverend Leigh Spruill o ciating and Reverend Nathan Huddleston giving the homily.

The bride wore a Pronovias gown with a necklace of pearls — a wedding gift from the groom. She later changed into a sparkly feather dress and cowboy boots for the reception at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. Her bouquet by The Tulip Tree included thistles among the flowers as a nod to her grandparents, who live on Thistle Road. Jayne Bubis and Debbie Lundy planned the event, and guests enjoyed a custom buffet with a Tennessee station and a California station. Leland Riggan designed the vanilla cake — served on a silver platter to continue a Sarratt wedding tradition that spans four generations.

The Music City Sound played throughout the evening for dancing and a lively musical backdrop. “We gave out inflatable instruments that were used at my grandparents’ 50th anniversary party 15 years ago,” said Karli. “I also got to share a special dance with my 90-year-old grandpa.”

After honeymooning in St. Lucia and Charleston, South Carolina, the couple returned to their Nashville home, where Fin is a Manager in Business Development at Huron Consulting Group and Karli is a law student at Belmont University. Their parents are Bob and Sandra Sarratt of Franklin, Tennessee, and Ruth Ann Ewing of Newport Beach, California.

BY SANDRA NELSON