Carr Howarth.

Catherine Ann Cart and William Alexander Howarth were united in marriage at six o'clock in the evening on November 19, 2005, at First Baptist Church in Cleveland. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Vardaman Cart III of Columbus. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Emitt Butler Sanford and Mr. James Vardaman Cart Jr. and the late Mrs. Carr, all of Columbus.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Howarth of Cleveland. He is the grandson of Mrs. Jimmy Ray Williams and the late Mr. Williams and Mr. and Mrs. John Alexander Howarth Jr. Rev. Ken Hall officiated at the double-ring ceremony. Nuptial music was provided by Mike Ellis and Claire Howarth, soloists; Ric Grant, pianist; and Dewaine Little, organist.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a strapless satin gown embroidered in a fleur design of gold threads and embellished with mirror beads, pearls, sequins, and crystals. An A-line skirt fell from the waist with a border of champagne satin flowing into a chapel train trellised with embroidered flowers. She wore a cathedral-length, angel-wing veil. The bride carried a hand-tied bouquet of two dozen red, orange, and hot pink roses. Attending the bride as matron of honor was her cousin, Tricia Sanford Buchanan. Bridesmaids included Carie Katherine Clark; Katie McAllister Curtis; Rene Oakes Garner; Claire Howarth and Laura Howarth, sisters of the groom; Kristen Arentson Richardson; Mary Austin Tribble; and Angela Brownlee VanAsselt. The bridesmaids wore strapless dresses of champagne satin with chocolate satin belts decorated with rhinestone buckles.

The bridesmaids carried hand-tied bouquets of red, orange, and hot pink roses. The groom's father served as best man. Groomsmen were Jonathan Bates; Brad Corley; John Howarth; Lee Howarth, brother of the groom; Trent LaMastus; Duke Levingston; Saunders Ramsey; and Brad Shivers. Mary Katherine Buchanan and Maculley Johnson served as flower girls. Trent LaMastus Jr. was the ring bearer. Wesley Jones gave a Scripture reading. Ushers were Barrett Daugherty, Wesley Goodwin, Jonathan Henry, and B.J. Kent.

Program attendants were Mary Paige Hall and Anna Lummus. Mary Katherine Butler, Ellie Crigler, Laura Bratley Shirley, and Kristi White Stuckey served as the house party. Kathryn McCaskill served as the bride's proxy.

On the eve of the wedding, the groom's parents honored the couple with a dinner at the Delta State University State Room. The Mike Ellis band entertained the guests. The reception, held in the Fellowship Hall, was decorated with brilliantly colored flowers. The couple departed under a shower of rice, grown for the couple from the groom's family farm.

After a honeymoon in St. Thomas, the couple is at home in Cleveland.