Marion Gillespie Pradat and Thomas Coleman McNider were married Sept. 12 at the Cathedral Church of the
Advent in Birmingham. The Very Rev. Andrew C. Pearson Jr. officiated the ceremony along with the Rev. Ray W. Pradat Sr., grandfather of the bride, and the Rev. Paul G. Pradat, uncle of the bride. A reception followed at The Club.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. William Pradat Jr. of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. John R. Harris Jr. and the late Mr. Harris of Decatur and the Rev. Ray W. Pradat Sr. and the late Mrs. Pradat of Tuscaloosa.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McNider of Birmingham. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Emmett McNider of Fulton and Mr. and Mrs. Roger Coleman Cheshire of Gunnison, Colorado.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attended by Charlotte Vaughan McGehee of Birmingham as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Lauren McNider Whiteside of Columbia, South Carolina, and Sarah Emily McNider of Greenville, South Carolina, sisters of the groom; and Whitney Morris Rudd of Birmingham.
The groom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were William Matthew Martin of Birmingham, Michael Todd Self of Nashville and Wade Ashton Steed of Atlanta.
Katherine Lazenby Harris and Sallie Carlson Quiner, cousins of the bride, were the scripture readers.
After a wedding trip to Turks and Caicos, the couple live in Birmingham.
