Lazenby-O’Kelley
Lauren Julia Lazenby and Captain Madison W. O’Kelley II were married Feb.15 at Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church. Rev. Kipp McClurg of the Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church and Rev. Micah Gandy of Monroeville First Baptist Church officiated the ceremony. A reception was held at the Vestavia Hills Country Club.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl James Lazenby II of Monroeville. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Mims Lazenby of Monroeville and the late Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Boulware of Valparaiso, Fla.
The groom is the son of Mrs. Kathy O’Kelley of Vestavia Hills and the late Mr. Jim O’Kelley, also of Vestavia Hills. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Madison W. O’Kelley Sr. of Vestavia Hills and the late Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Glover of Tuscaloosa.
The bride is employed as an occupational therapist in Houston. The groom is working with Halliburton Oilfield Services Co. in Houston as a summer intern.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory strapless Victorian lace gown. It was fitted at the waist and featured a sweetheart neckline. The gown tapered straight from the waist to above the knee and flared into a floor-length full-layered skirt. The back of the skirt flowed into a chapel-length train. A fitted silvery sash adorned the waist and was embellished with crystal beading, rhinestones and pearls. She wore her mother’s fingertip heirloom veil. It consisted of two layers of ivory illusion tulle edged in ivory Alencon lace. The bride carried a traditional bouquet of cream roses, limelight hydrangeas, blush Osiana roses and calla lilies. Attached to her bouquet was her maternal grandmother’s monogrammed handkerchief.
Attending the bride were matron of honor Melanie Lazenby Moore and maid of honor Tori Beckham. Bridesmaids were Kailin Fuller, Sara Lee, Wheeler Lewis, Katie Nickerson, Drue O’Kelley, Cameron Stallworth and Vivian Yeilding, They wore knee-length dresses made of dark cove blue silk chiffon and carried nosegays of limelight hydrangeas, pink and red roses and lisianthus.
Capt. O’Kelley was attended by his best man, Capt. Wyatt Batchelor. Groomsmen were Graham Beasley, Trey Blizzard, Max Clancey, Alex Corona, Marshall Eppley, Sam McCord, Chris Mobley, Andrew Smith and Matthew Stewart. There were six sword bearers that included Captains Matthew Jones, Chip Reed, Michael Canty and Dan Deneve as well as First Lts. Alex Graves and Wayne Salazar. The groom, best man and sword bearers wore their full dress military uniforms.
The program and guest book attendants were Rachel and Sarah Beverly, cousins of the bride.
The wedding director was Vicki Tuggle, and Paula Stacey was the wedding assistant. Music was provided by The Cahaba River Strings of Birmingham, and the flowers were provided by Melanie Hughes with The Pink Pear.
Following a honeymoon through Europe and the groom’s separation from the Army, the couple moved to Houston. In August, the couple will move to Ithaca, N.Y., where O’Kelley will begin studies toward a master’s degree in business administration at Cornell University.
