30 • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Creswell-Wallace
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Arnold Cresswell of Hoover announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Diane, to Robert Hue Wallace III, son of Ms. Kathy Owens Wallace of Florence and Mr. Bobby Wallace of Livingston.
DeRosa-Carter
Meredith Lindsay DeRosa and Jeremy Daniel Carter were married Oct. 9 at Swann Lake Farm. Jonathan Taylor Owen officiated. A reception followed at Swann Lake Farm. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph John DeRosa. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry V. Bragg of Huntsville and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Joseph DeRosa of New York. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Carter of Birmingham. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilkinson of Birmingham and Mrs. Hoyt Carter and the late Mr. Carter of Birmingham. The bride was given in marriage by her father. He escorted her down the aisle to “Nessun Dorma,” one of her grandfather’s favorite
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WEDDINGS & ENGAGEMENTS
Miss Cresswell is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver Lyle of Grenada, Miss., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Farr Cresswell of Grenada. She is a graduate of Hoover High School and the University of Alabama, where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority. She is employed by ADTRAN, Inc., in Huntsville. Mr. Wallace is the grandson of Mrs. Louise Eason Hooten of Tarboro, N.C., and the late Mr. James Leroy Owens of Fountain, N.C., and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wallace of Foley. He is a graduate of Bradshaw High School. He attended Auburn University, where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity, and is a graduate of the University of Alabama. He is employed by RBC Bank in Meridianville. The wedding is planned for Dec. 11 at Canterbury United Methodist Church. songs. She wore three strands of pearls: her own, her mother’s and her grandmother’s. Her dress was ivory silk faced satin by designer Amsale Aberra. French handcrafted lace adorned the top of the gown. The silk duchess satin pleated ball gown skirt flowed into a chapel-length train. She carried a hand-tied bouquet of cream garden roses, white peonies, ranunculous, iris, mini callas and Star of Bethlehem. John Henry DeRosa, brother of the bride, of Birmingham served as man of honor. Bridesmaids were Sandra Abigail Falls, Rachel Denise Jones, Emily Bryding Henley, Kristin Nicole Riley and Alison Batts Smolin, all of Birmingham, and Katherine Jane Sherer, cousin of the bride, of Spanish Fort. Each bridesmaid selected a different style charcoal chiffon floorlength gown by Amsale. They carried hand-tied bouquets with white orchids, pink garden roses, mini callas, berries and Star of Bethlehem. Groomsmen were David Robert Bloomberg; James Daniel Carter, father of the groom; Ryan David Carter, brother of the groom; William Caleb Chancey; Joshua Philip Hausen; Trevor Jeffery Little; and Patrick Lee Meadows, all of Birmingham; and Neil Hayes Sherer, cousin of the bride, of Spanish Fort. After a wedding trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico, the couple live in Birmingham.
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Satterfield-McClain
Miss Caroline Green Satterfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes Satterfield of Birmingham, and Jason Warren McClain, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren David McClain of Marlton, N.J., were married Sept. 25 at Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham. Dr. Gregory Finch from the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., and the Rev. Emily Freeman Penfield of Highlands United Methodist Church officiated. Organist Richard Phillips played Henry Purcell’s “Triumphal Voluntary,” and the procession began with the cross, ministers and the wedding party. Dale Vecere Seabury, cousin of the bridegroom, and Ryan Omenski Green, cousin of the bride, sang solos. Scripture readers were Colleen Vecere Menz and Drs. Cynthia Ellis Hill and Nancy Beth Muir. The bride, groom and their par-
Wagner-Vinson
Christa Caren Wagner and David Stewart Vinson were married Sept. 25 on The Green in Charlotte, N.C.
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
ents served Holy Communion to their guests. The ceremony ended with the couple jointly lighting a single candle symbolizing their union. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore her mother’s wedding gown, a blush taffeta faille gown featuring a bodice of imported English net appliquéd with Alencon lace. The detachable Watteau train with Alencon lace appliqués completed the Renaissance look of the original Priscilla of Boston designed gown. An elbow-length ivory mantilla of Alencon lace was attached to a matching lace Camelot cap. The bride carried a cascade bouquet of mini calla lilies, orchid spray, lavender roses and stephanotis. Dr. Holly Cameron Burt of Arlington, Va., served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids included sisters of the bridegroom Kellyann Stolnabb McClain of Austin, Texas, and Alison McClain Schmidt of Corpus Christi, Texas; Katie Reynolds Beavers of WinstonSalem, N.C.; Shannon Rouse Durham of Hoboken, N.J.; Rachel Elizabeth Meadows of Philadelphia, Penn.; and Drs. Nathalia Alexandra Veale of Arlington, Va., and Martha Mae Woodrum of Birmingham. The attendants wore individual black dresses and matching purple shoes. They carried lavender trailing bouquets. The bridesmaids were the bride’s classmates at the Altamont School, Wake Forest University and her doctoral program at Marymount University. Flower girl Gray Margaret Katherine Powell of Birmingham
wore a lavender batiste dress, which the bride wore as a child. The ring bearer was Carter Patrick Spurr of Virginia Beach, Va. Mr. McClain served his son as best man. Groomsmen were Maj. Marcos Antonio Melendez III, USMC, Alexandria, Va.; Tonu Mets, Playa Del Rey, Calif.; LCDR James Brettman O’Donovan, USN, San Diego; LT Matthew James Powers, USN, Monterrey, Calif.; William Hughes Satterfield Jr., brother of the bride, Birmingham; LT Brian Christopher Schmidt, USCG, Corpus Christi; and Joel Christopher Spangenberg, Washington, D.C. Ushers, torchbearers and crucifer included LCDR Todd Alan Duez, USN, Port Orchard, Wash.; LCDR Matthew Kerr Henigin, USNR, Monument, Colo.; Ronald Matthew Ibbetson, London, United Kingdom; Brian Christopher Peithman, Seattle.; Maj. Kyle Shelley Pitman, USMC, Annapolis, Md.; LCDR James Graham Reeve, USN, Norfolk, Va.; Brian Thomas Saal, Fairfax, Va.; Maj. Graham Frederick Sloan, USMC, Iwakuni, Japan; Matthew Stephen Valle, Irving, Texas; and LT. Colin Raymond Young, USN, Bethesda, Md. The groomsmen were the groom’s classmates at the U.S. Naval Academy and friends from his nine years of service as a Marine Corps Aviator. Following the ceremony, a dinner reception was held at the Country Club of Birmingham. The couple honeymooned in Turkey and now live in Washington, D.C.
Rev. Andrew Baxter officiated. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Wagner of Charlotte and granddaughter of Cmdr. and Mrs. John Salop of Virginia Beach, Va., and Mrs. Helen and the late Mr. Frank Wagner of Pittsburgh, Pa. She graduated from Davidson College and earned a master’s degree in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Duncan Vinson Jr. of Birmingham and grandson of Mrs. Ireyse Haughton and the late Mr. John Haughton of Jasper and the late Dr. and Mrs. Laurence Vinson of Gadsden. He graduated from the University of Alabama, received a master’s degree in science from the
University of New Mexico and is a Ph.D. candidate in earth and ocean sciences at Duke University. The bride’s sister, Diana Wagner of Philadelphia, served as maid of honor. Her brothers, Andrew Karl Wagner and John David Wagner of Charlotte, were ushers. The groom’s brother, Laurence Duncan Vinson III of Melrose, Mass., was best man. Laura Wagner, cousin of the bride, of Pittsburgh was reader. Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, for which the bride’s father was architect of record. A rehearsal dinner was hosted by the groom’s parents at Bentley’s on 27. The couple live in Durham, N.C.
Owens-Staub
ity and was presented at the 2008 Heritage Ball. She now attends the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Mr. Staub is a graduate of the McCallie School and the University of Georgia with degrees in international affairs and African studies. He is a member of Kappa Sigma social fraternity. Mr. Staub attends Cumberland School of Law. The wedding will be at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in January 2011.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rhett Owens announce the engagement of their daughter, Milner Benedict Owens, to Mr. Joseph Martin Staub, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Paul Staub of Chickamauga, Ga. Ms. Owens, a Foundation Fellow and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, graduated summa cum laude with honors from the University of Georgia with degrees in Spanish, biochemistry and molecular biology. She is a member of Phi Mu social soror-