Elizabeth Cunningham DeBardeleben and Bernard Herbert Eichold III were married June 6 at The Cathedral of the Advent Church in Birmingham. The Rev. Samuel Gates Shaw officiated the 6 p.m. ceremony. A reception followed at Mountain Brook Club.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Whitney De Bardeleben of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Adair Brevard III of Mobile and Mrs. Prince DeBardeleben Jr. of Birmingham and the late Mr. Prince DeBardeleben Jr.
The groom is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Herbert Eichold II of Mobile. He is the grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Eichold II and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Frederick Delchamps Jr.
The bride is a graduate of Auburn University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in international business and was a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was presented at the Beaux Arts Krewe Ball, the Ball of Roses, the Heritage Ball and the Redstone Ball.
The groom is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and was a member of Theta Chi fraternity. The groom is pursuing a master’s of business administration degree and a master’s of science in mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama.
The bride and groom met while members of the Mobile Carnival Association Court.
Given in marriage by her parents and escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory lace gown by New York designer Carolina Herrera. The full lace gown was strapless with a sweetheart neckline and worn with an off-the-shoulder bolero jacket that had sleeves to the elbow and buttons up the center back. The silhouette of the gown was fit and flared with buttons down the entire back. The skirt flared at her fingertips and swept to a full chapel-length train. A custom-made veil of ivory illusion trimmed with a coordinating re-embroidered Alencon Lace completed her ensemble.
The bride was attended by her sisters as maids of honor, Anne Welch DeBardeleben of Birmingham and Virginia Estes DeBardeleben of Nashville, Tennessee. Bridesmaids were Margaret McCollum DeBardeleben, sister-in-law of the bride, Brooke Fleming Pilot, Linley Hallmark Roberts, Lane Walker Robinson and Kelly Elizabeth Walker, all of Birmingham; Jamie Denise Eiland and Margaret Exley Giles, both of Nashville; Caitlyn Gullatte McDaniel of Atlanta; Jordan Easter Taylor of Dallas; Catherine Brevard Ward and Sarah Grace Ward, cousins of the bride, of Fort Payne. Mena Lynn Brevard, cousin of the bride, of Daphne was the flower girl.
The groom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were Bradley John Brown of New Orleans; Phillip Logan Cowart of Selma; Whitney Debardeleben Jr., brother of the bride, of Birmingham; Alfred Delchamps Eichold, brother of the groom, of Atlanta; Samuel Eichold III, brother of the groom, of Memphis, Tennessee; John Thomas Florence of Houston; Brandon Heath McGrew, Jeffrey Evan Plaskett, Michael Joseph Doumit Wishon, all of Mobile; Edwin Lee Peters III of Austin, Texas; and James Clayton Turner of Fairhope. Junior groomsman was John Hagen Livingston, nephew of the bride, of Birmingham.
Ushers were Bradley Kevin O’Brien of Birmingham; Thomas Bryant Cassidey, Austin Tyler Hilyer, Paul Joseph McCracken and Clifford Don Wyatt III, all of Mobile; Albert Gaines Gibson of Abilene, Texas; Patrick Cameron Gunter of Bay Minette; Charles Davis Looney of Tuscaloosa; and Lawton Adair Ward, cousin of the bride, of Fort Payne.
Scripture readings were provided by Anna Caroline Delchamps, cousin of the groom, of Mobile and Gordon Morrow Terry of Birmingham. Crucifer was Charles Welch DeBardeleben, uncle of the bride, of Birmingham.
Program attendants were Ava Jade Aumiller, niece of the bride, of Texarkana, Arkansas, Ann Grace Stanford Hill and Frances Boehm Hill of New Orleans.
Music was provided by the Cathedral Church of the Advent choir under the direction of Dr. Frederick T. Teardo.
