Goff-Bolin
Margaret Anne Goff and William Brian Bolin were married Sept. 29 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church. Father John Fallon officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Anthony Goff of Vestavia Hills. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Joseph Bolin of Alabaster. Given in marriage by her father,
McCrary-Godwin
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hardy McCrary of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Thompson McCrary, to Ben Samuel Godwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Albert Godwin. The wedding is planned for Feb. 23 at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Harold Wise of Dothan and the late Dr. Wise and Mr. John Furniss McCrary of Birmingham and the late Mrs. McCrary.
Beck-Wilkerson
Murray Alice Beck and Donovan Craig Wilkerson were married Aug. 2 in the Henry Edmonds Chapel at Independent Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. The noon ceremony was officiated by Dr. Rev. Conrad Sharps. A reception was held at the
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the bride wore a light ivory fit and flare gown from the Private Monaco Collection. The Duchesse silk and satin gown was adorned with buttons cascading down the cathedral train and was trimmed with Old World Monaco lace. The gown was accented by a Brussels lace cathedral veil first worn by the bride’s godmother. The bride carried a hand-tied bouquet of white lilies and roses, accented by French hydrangeas and eucalyptus. The bride was attended by Shannon Goff Flanagan as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Natalie Bolin Bailey, Karen Lindsey Ford, Cendy Burbic Hart, Kathryn Zoe Merrell, Tracey Lauren Nash and Anna Catherine Scharf. Flower girls were Madelyn Brooke Bailey and Kathleen Elizabeth Flanagan. The groom’s father was his son’s best man. Groomsmen were Andrew Thomas Bailey, John William Byrd, David Morgan French, Jonathon Scott Morgan, Derek William Sain and Christopher Adam Tooley. The ring bearer was Blake Thomas Bailey. After a honeymoon trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the couple live in Hoover. She is a 2004 graduate of Mountain Brook High School and a 2008 summa cum laude graduate of Auburn University. She received her master’s degree in education, summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. An alumna of Kappa Delta sorority, she is a member of Mortar Board, Sigma Tau Delta, Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies. Miss McCrary was presented at the Ball of Roses and is employed as an English teacher at Homewood High School. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Samuel Shelley Jr. of Headland and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Godwin and the late Mrs. Margaret Britt Godwin of Raleigh, N.C. Mr. Godwin is a 1998 graduate of Enterprise High School and a 2002 graduate of the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He received his master’s degree in business administration in 2005 from the University of Alabama. Mr. Godwin is an active member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church, where he teaches fifth grade Sunday school. He is employed as general manager of the SEC Digital Network in Birmingham. home of the bride’s parents. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murray McConnell Beck of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Donald Anthony Waitzman of Florence and the late Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Earl Beck Jr. of Birmingham. The groom is the son of Mrs. Donald Craig Wilkerson and the late Mr. Wilkerson of Oxford. He is the grandson of Mrs. George Everett Fletcher and the late Mr. Fletcher of Anniston and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ernest Wilkerson of Oxford. The bride was given in marriage by her father. Attending the bride as maid of honor was her sister, Mary Augusta Beck England of Huntsville. Serving the groom as best man was Donald Neil Simms of Birmingham. The couple live in Leeds.
Westbrook-Yearout
Dr. and Mrs. David Orien Westbrook announce the engagement of their daughter, Haley Crisler Westbrook, to Christopher Cameron Yearout, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
McCrary-Renfroe
Melissa Caroline McCrary and James Alan Renfroe II were married on Sept. 8 at Covenant Presbyterian Church. The Rev. William Luther Boyd and Dr. Seth Barclay Tarrer officiated the 6 p.m. ceremony. A reception followed at The Club. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hardy McCrary of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Connie Neville Wise and the late Dr. Robert Harold Wise of Dothan and Mr. John Furniss McCrary and the late Martha Hardy McCrary of Birmingham. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Alan Renfroe of Birmingham. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Birks Davis of Birmingham and Mrs. Lou Jean Morris and Mr. James Melvin Renfroe of Huntsville. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory French Alencon lace and Point d’Esprit gown by Christos. The Alencon lace bodice had a modified sweetheart neckline and a soft A-line Point d’Esprit gown with a tulle overlay that swept to a chapel length train. An ivory silk satin ribbon encircled her waist, finishing with a feathered flower. Completing the ensemble was a chapel-length veil of ivory illusion edged with an Alencon lace scallop, custom designed and made by Carolyn Kelley. The bride carried a hand-tied bouquet of ivory, white and cream roses accented with freesia, spray roses, hydrangeas and ranunculus. The bride’s sisters, Mary Lauren McCrary Neel and Elizabeth
Gusty Yearout of Birmingham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Blanton Crisler III of Jackson, Miss. and the late Mr. Crisler and the late Mr. and Mrs. Orien Westbrook of Flora, Miss. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Jean Robertson Ragsdale and the late Dr. Milton Clay Ragsdale III, the late Adrianne Costellos Boyd, the late William Thomas Yearout and Joseph Henry Boyd, all of Birmingham. Miss Westbrook is a 2003 honor graduate of Jackson Preparatory School and a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast news. She received her master’s degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2008. She was a member of Phi Mu sorority, was presented by the Debutante Club of Mississippi
in 2004 and is a violinist with the Red Mountain Chamber Orchestra. Miss Westbrook is a television news reporter with the ABC affiliate ABC 33/40 in Birmingham. Mr. Yearout is a 2004 graduate of Mountain Brook High School and a 2008 graduate of Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He received his juris doctorate, cum laude, from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law in 2011, serving as an editor of the Cumberland Law Review. He was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Mr. Yearout is an attorney with Lightfoot, Franklin and White LLP in Birmingham. The wedding is planned for Jan. 26 at First Baptist Church of Jackson with a reception following at The South. The couple will live in Birmingham.
Thompson McCrary, were her matron and maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Alexandra Blair Renfroe, the groom’s sister; Ashley Davis Costa of Niceville, Fla.; Emily Meadows Eason, Morgan Lyle Henry, Catherine Elizabeth Hurley and Emily Ellison Sharp, all of Birmingham; Jesslynn Landel Faught of Pelham; and Sara Katherine Harbarger of Huntsville. Julia Marguerite Salem of Birmingham was a junior bridesmaid. The flower girls were Kenley Grace Bowling of Odenville and Laura Grace Whitt of Trussville. The groom’s father was his best man. Groomsmen were Andrew Davis Renfroe, the groom’s brother;
John Harrison McCrary, the bride’s brother; Liston Eli Cartledge III, Andrew Scott Duffey, Ben Samuel Godwin and Richard Nelson Salem, all of Birmingham; James Carroll Center of Clearwater, Fla.; and Michael Alan Neel Jr. of Washington, D.C. Christian Nelson Salem of Birmingham served as an usher. Sarah Margaret Brooke, Emily Kay Fulkerson and Natalie Summers King, all of Birmingham, were the program attendants. Vocalists were Deidra and Amon Eady of Memphis, Tenn. Following a honeymoon trip, the bride and groom live in Birmingham.
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