Allison Casey Bates and Sam Nance Farlow Jr. were married January 31 at Mountain Brook Baptist Church. The 6:00 p.m. ceremony was officiated by Dr. James Donald Moebes. A reception followed at the Country Club of Birmingham.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter William Bates of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmett David Bates III and the late Mrs. Allene Robertson Bates of Birmingham and Mrs. Eugene Casey Brock and the late Mr. Brock of Montgomery.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nance Farlow of Birmingham. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pearson Farlow Jr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Rebel Roy Steiner all of Birmingham.
The bride was attended by her sister, Kathryn Brooke Bates, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Sara Claire Martin Ballard, Sarah Howard Crabb, Virginia Lockett Farlow, sister of the groom, Caroline Barnes Howard, Elizabeth Rose Legg, Ann Evans Andrews Nix, Carolyn Brooking Pritchard and Nancy Elizabeth Whatley all of Birmingham; Doris Farlow Edwards, sister of the groom, of Tuscaloosa; Emily Caroline Corker and Allison Kay Magee of New York City; Taylor Denay Diamond of Raleigh, N.C.; and Mary Elizabeth White of Nashville, Tenn.
The father of the groom was the best man. Groomsmen were William Brock Bates, brother of the bride, Donald Eubank MacKay, Miles Hartley Morris, Malta Lane Naramore IV, Charles Pearson Norton, Patrick Miller Robinson, Garet Patton Smitherman and Robert Wesley Willings all of Birmingham; Riley Dixon Edwards, brother-in-law of the groom of Tuscaloosa; Conway Charles Marshall, Jeffrey Upton Windes and Reese Michael Woessner of New Orleans.
Caroline Ramsey Hawkins of Atlanta read the scripture. Anna Caroline Bates of Birmingham and Elizabeth Macon Bell of Raleigh, N.C., cousins of the bride, served as program attendants.
After a honeymoon trip to Little Dix Bay, the couple will live in Birmingham.
