Brooke Ashley Mansfield & Brandon Gibbes Easterwood WEDDINGS
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JUNE 16, 2012
CHRIST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Gibbes Easterwood
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rooke Ashley Mansfield and Brandon Gibbes Easterwood were united in marriage at 6:30 p.m., June 16 at Christ United Methodist Church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenna Lamar Mansfield Jr. of Madison. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Larry Nickell of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. Kenna Mansfield Sr. of Southaven and the late Mr. and Mrs. Larry Veasey Sr. of Grenada. The bridegroom is the son of Allyson Goodwin Easterwood of Hattiesburg and Stacy Easterwood of Laurel. His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Rick Federick of Hot Springs Village, Ark., and Jean Easterwood of Laurel, and Jan Goodwin and the late Lake Gibbes Goodwin of Ellisville. The ceremony was officiated by Dr. Chuck Meador. Music was presented by George Strickland, organist; and Kristin Clemmer McDevitt, soloist. Program attendants were Sarah Elizabeth Johns and Anna Ross Edmonson. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a designer tulle and organza ballgown with a strapless sweetheart neckline embroidered with feathers, adorned with a taupe satin sash with flower hand stitched to the fitted bodice, a full ruffled overskirt with silky organza layered in frills with a silk tie laced down the back. The bride’s veil was chapel length detailed with sparkling crystals and rhinestones. The bride wore light blue shoes and carried a bouquet of white hydrangeas, roses and calla lilies hand tied with ivory organza. Matron of honor was her sister Meredith Mansfield Hegi along with her 10-month-old daughter Lyla, honorary flower girl. Maid of honor was Aynslee Smith of Oxford. Bridesmaids were Lauren Robertson Shotts, Maurie Hogue Fuselier, Swayze Neyland Pentecost, Sydney Banks, Olivia Hinton, Ashley Bryant and Grace Dabbs. Flower girl was Julia Johns who wore a hand sewn floor length dress with a halo of flowers. Attendants wore strapless chiffon black gowns and carried bouquets of white roses and hydrangeas. Best man was the bridegroom’s cousin, Matthew Easterwood from Laurel. Groomsmen were Brent Holifield, Hunter McLeod, Adam Axton, Justin Spears, Adam Walsworth, Mark Davis and Dr. Scott Thames. Ring bearer was Lawson Odom, cousin of the bridegroom. The couple departed in a charcoal gray 1948 Crysler Windsor driven by Henri Fuselier. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at Plantation Commons, decorated in a shabby chic manner. On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s family honored the couple with a rehearsal dinner at the Lake Caroline Clubhouse. Following a wedding trip to Punta Cana, the couple is at home in Madison.