McDougald-Somerall
Mary Frances McDougald and David Carlisle Somerall were married May 24 at Canterbury United Methodist Church. The Rev. Sheryl Jordan Thornton officiated the ceremony. A reception followed at the Country Club of Birmingham.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Thomas McDougald of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Lawrence Kendrick Lewis of Madison, Ga.
The groom is the son of Dr. Margaret Rathburn Somerall of Birmingham and Dr. and Mrs. William Elhannon Somerall Jr. of Birmingham.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a strapless Monique Lhuillier lace gown with a chapel-length veil. As her “something borrowed,” she wore a gold, pearl and diamond lavalier first worn by her great-grandmother and later worn by her grandmother, mother and aunts.
She was attended by Helen Lawrence McDougald of Charlotte, N.C., as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Katie Michelle Baker, of Fort Worth, Texas; Kathleen McKenney Beall, Elizabeth Patton Howard, Taylor Jordan Knight, Elizabeth Margot Major and Jori Ellen May, all of Birmingham; Sara Emily Allen Clark of Jackson, Miss.; and Mary Cabanas Knox and Caitlin Grainger Waller of Dallas.
The father of the groom was the best man. Groomsmen were Paul Matthew Brandon of Atlanta, Paul Richard Clark of Jackson, Thomas Mitchell Hackney and Frank Edward Lankford III of Richmond, Va., Benjamin Thomas McDougald of Mobile, Adam Whitten Somerall of Shreveport, La., and John Wilson Somerall and Russell Dennis Warren II, both of Birmingham.
Readers were Grace Powell Flowers of Birmingham and David Stanley Graham of Chattanooga. Jonathan David Conolley was the soloist, and Lester Seigel was the organist.
Program attendants were Dawson Drinkard Cooper, Lauren Mackenzie Stewart, Rebecca Claire Stivender and Mary Roberts Wooldridge.
After a honeymoon trip to Key West, Fla., the couple live in Birmingham.
