Abraham & Burr.[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] An evening ceremony at the All Saints Chapel was the setting for the marriage of Amy Christine Abraham to Scott Patrick Burr on October 21, 2006. Rev. William V. Martin of Denver officiated the double-ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Abraham of Vicksburg, and Ms. Billie Patterson Abraham of Monteagle, Tennessee. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hart Neilsen of Edwards and the late Larry Mitchell Burr. The front doors of the chapel held matching bay leaf wreaths accented with lavender, caspia, deep-amethyst statice, and hydrangeas. Votives illuminated the path to the altar, which featured a trio of horizontal candelabras holding white tapers and asparagus ferns. A candle surrounded by hydrangeas, lavender roses and deep-purple irises was in memory of the groom's father. A massive arrangement of roses, Casablanca lilies, snapdragons, hydrangeas, and dahlias was presented in memory of the grandparents and the bride's aunt. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a corseted couture gown of Italian pearl duchess satin with a sweetheart neckline neckline The line that connects the two lowest points on the intermediate declines of a head-and-shoulders chart pattern. In an inverted head-and-shoulders formation, the neckline connects the two intermediate tops. and trumpet skirt. She wore a butterfly veil of pearl-silk illusion. Amy wore her grandmother's diamond and sapphire ring as her something blue and diamond earrings from her proxy bride as her something borrowed. She carried a gathered bouquet of lily-of-the-valley with a double-satin ribbon. Attending the bride as the matron of honor matron of honor n. pl. matrons of honor A married woman serving as chief attendant of the bride at a wedding. Noun 1. was her sister, Jeanne Abraham Lunz of New Orleans. Bridesmaids were Katherine Dement de·ment tr.v. de·ment·ed, de·ment·ing, de·ments 1. To make (a person) insane. 2. To cause (a person) to lose intellectual capacity. Bailess of Beverly Hills; Kathleen Peagram Biggs of Madison; Megan Marie Cook of Vicksburg; Leann Stubbs Emrich and Jill Jordan Waring, both of Brandon; Anna Claire Hankamer of Houston, Texas; Terrin Adiar Martin of Las Vegas, and Laura Lathem Montgomery of Oxford. Each attendant wore a designer cocktail dress of nutmeg lame silk featuring spaghetti straps, draped waists and a back-hem ruffle. They each carried garden-gathered bouquets of freesia freesia: see iris. freesia Any of the approximately 20 species of South African plants that make up the genus Freesia, in the iris family, with corms, grassy foliage, and wiry spikes of bell-like, lemon-scented flowers in white, yellow, orange, and , sterling roses, hydrangeas, and dahlias in shades of lavender and amethyst amethyst (ăm`əthĭst) [Gr.,=non-drunkenness], variety of quartz, violet to purple in color, used as a gem. It is the most highly valued of the semiprecious quartzes. that were gathered at the stems with a chocolate double-faced ribbon. Caring a pomander po·man·der n. 1. A mixture of aromatic substances enclosed in a bag or box as a protection against odor or infection, formerly worn on one's person but now usually placed in a dresser drawer or closet. 2. of lavender hydrangeas, Katherine Louise Abraham of Oxford, the bride's niece, served as the flower girl. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The groom's brother, Larry Mitchell Burr Jr. of Clinton, served as the best man. Groomsmen were Carl Anthony Banchetti, Nicholas Anthony Banchetti, and William Louis Shappley, all of Houston, Texas; Alan Brent Cappaert and Christopher Norman Nasif, both of Vicksburg; Michael Buckner Hall and Reid Hatcher Stone, both of Oxford; and John Haynes Ott Jr. of Atlanta. Program attendants Halley Brooke DeRossette and Ashley Blake DeRossette, nieces of the groom, greeted the guests. Bettye Sue Kline, friend of the bride's family served as the wedding director. Leanne Rosko Doty of Ketchum, Idaho, friend of both the bride and groom served as the proxy bride. The scripture readers were Leigh Ann Ellis of Austin, Texas, and Samuel Louis Pierce and Keith Douglas Upchurch, both of Jackson. The ceremony music was provided by Dorothy Brasfeild and Richard Hudson. Following the ceremony everyone was invited to the home of the bride's father. Guests enjoyed an assortment of the bride and groom's favorite food, which included sushi, Mexican, Lebanese, and traditional southern fare. The reception was decorated with lavish floral arrangements of lilies, statice, caspia, roses, and hydrangeas. Tiny white lights illuminated the tents, which featured chandelier arrangements of orchids, roses, and lilies. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The bride's six-tiered cake was served in the informal living room. It was iced in buttercream, embellished with white-chocolate butterflies and topped with lily-of-the-valley. The butter genoise ge·noise n. A delicate buttery sponge cake. [French, from feminine of genois, Genoese, after Genoa.] Noun 1. confection con·fec·tion n. A sweetened medicinal compound. Also called electuary. was filled with strawberry French meringue. The groom's confection table consisted of petite desserts of hazelnut, strawberry, cayenne pepper, and caramel enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" in decadent dark and light chocolates. Under the completely tented tent·ed adj. 1. Covered with tents. 2. Sheltered in tents. 3. Resembling a tent. backyard the guests danced the night away to the music of Wiley and the Checkmates of Oxford. Once the music ended, the bride and groom departed under a shower of rose petals. Fortune cookies with a secret message from the bride and groom were given to their guests as special wedding favors. On the eve On the Eve (Накануне in Russian) is the third novel by famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, best known for his short stories and the novel Fathers and Sons. of their wedding, the groom's parents hosted a rehearsal dinner at Ameristar's Bourbons Restaurant in Vicksburg. Chef Albert Tash TASH The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps and his talented culinary team served a four-course meal featuring eclectic Southern-influenced dishes such as stuffed quail, buffalo en croute, and snapper snapper, name for members of the Lutianidae, a family of spiny-finned food and game fishes found chiefly in tropical coastal waters. Snappers are carnivorous, active, and voracious, with large mouths and sharp teeth. Most species travel in dense schools. yazoo. After dinner, friends and family of the bride and groom made toasts to the couple followed by a montage of pictures. Upon returning from an exotic honeymoon to La Taha'a Private Island and neighboring Tahitian Islands, the couple is at home in Vicksburg. |
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