Carter-Sanders. (2003 Wedding Register).

Amanda Brooke Carter and Michael Taylor Sanders were united in marriage at six in the evening on January 20, 2001, at North Wood United Methodist Church, Florence, Alabama. The double-ring ceremony was officiated by Mr. Norman Hargett of Florence, Alabama, and Dr. John Armistead of Tupelo.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Carroll Carter of Florence, Alabama. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Edward Arrel Stone and the late Mr. Stone, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grady Carter, all of Florence, Alabama.

The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. John Rutledge Sanders of Tupelo. He is the grandson of Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Ross of Columbus, and the late Mr. Ross, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Curren Johnston Sanders, Sr.

Rachel Bobo Foust, soloist; Daniel Carwile, violinist; and Terry Jackson, pianist, presented nuptial music.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of matte satin with a strapless bodice and a natural waistline encircled with a band of platinum jewels and small silk flowers from which fell the A-line skirt worn with a chapel-length train. She wore a fingertip veil of illusion. Amanda carried a hand-tied bouquet filled with bridal white roses, blush roses, and stephanotis.

Alicia Carter Hanson of Birmingham, Alabama, served her sister as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Lone Graves Carter and Elizabeth Adams Anderson, both of Huntsville, Alabama; Joan Naughton Sanders of Tupelo; Wyn Margaret Sanders, of Tampa, Florida; and Ashley Hayes Bunch, Erin Clemmons Weaver, Heather Medley McDaniel, and Amy Creasy Keeton, all of Florence, Alabama. The bridesmaids wore black two-piece, sleeveless dresses of matte satin and carried hand-tied bouquets of roses and seeded eucalyptus. Parker Landry Hanson of Birmingham, Alabama, and Sadler Ross Sanders and Walker Evans Sanders, both of Tupelo, served as flower girls.

The groom's father served as best man. Groomsmen were Michael Edward Todd Carter, of Huntsville, Alabama; John Rutledge Sanders, Jr., Michael Brandon Edwards, and James Tillman Ewing, all of Tupelo; Dr. Joseph Wayne Hanson, of Birmingham, Alabama; Donnie Paul Cooper, of Florence, Alabama; Bishop Andrew Sanders of Greenwood; and Kendred Wade Sanders, of Carrollton. Hayden Brock Carter was ring bearer.

Following the ceremony, the bride's parents hosted a reception at Coby Hall on the campus of the University of North Alabama, Florence, Alabama.

After a wedding trip to Negril, Jamaica, the couple is at home in Ridgeland.