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Jonathan Robert Benner 5 | 25 | 2012 by rebecca koenig | photos by abbie takes pictures
It was love at first back flip for Alice Coulter and Jonathan Benner, who met in middle school when Jonathan came over to Alice’s house for her brother’s birthday party. “He started doing back flips in my yard, and I was sold,” Alice says. The couple were married May 25 in Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Church. The high school sweethearts separated when they headed to different colleges, but spent time together during semester breaks. At the end of one break, Alice asked Jonathan to stop by her house to wish her goodbye. After waiting for him for three hours, she says, she headed back to Mizzou, disheartened. But Jonathan showed up on campus a week later and told her he couldn’t stand to say goodbye, and they’ve been together ever since. “He’s very romantic,” Alice says. Jonathan surprised Alice by proposing to her in front of 60 people at the business school graduation party she threw for him in May 2011. Casual romance was the ambience the couple sought to create at their wedding. “Everything from our stationary to floral arrangements, I wanted it to be nice and welcoming and romantic and fun,” Alice says. They selected May for the event so they could use Missouri peonies in the bouquets. Organic, locally grown food was one highlight of the reception at SqWires in Lafayette Square. Missouri mushrooms and free-range chicken were served as part of the formal dinner, and the cake was baked with regional wild raspberries. “The food was phenomenal. It was the best wedding cake I’ve had in my entire life,” Alice says.
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Caterer | SqWires Baker | Sugaree Baking Gown | Rivini, from Fleur de Lis Bridal Boutique Florist | Bloomin’ Buckets
Bride’s parents | Joan A. Coulter, Con Curran Coulter Groom’s parents | Leonmarie Benner, Robert T. Benner Maids of Honor | Margaret Coulter Bridesmaids | Rebecca Coulter, Elizabeth Eby, Whitney Beck, Kathryn Yorg Best Man | C. Curran Coulter II Groomsmen | Ryan Koppy, Christopher Hoglan, David Reed, Dustin Underwood november 28, 2012
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