Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wallace Wood of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Lassiter Wood, to Andrew Ross Chapman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Ross Chapman of Birmingham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Lt. Col. Ret. and Mrs. Claude Cecil Anderson of Gulfport, Mississippi, and the late Mrs. Dorothy Agerton Wood and Mrs. Ruth Maddux Wood and … [Read more...]
Andrews-Terry
Ashley Dawn Andrews and Andrew Michael Terry were married May 30 at Cherry Log Event Center in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia. The ceremony was officiated by Bradley C. Thomas. A reception followed at Cherry Log Event Center. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Andrews of Homewood. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Terry of Florence. Given in … [Read more...]
Pradat-McNider
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. … [Read more...]
Ogami-McCarty
Ikue Ogami and William Connor McCarty were married May 2, 2015, at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Cahaba Heights. The noon ceremony was officiated by the Rt. Rev. Russell Kendrick. A reception followed at Historic Rucker Place in Birmingham. The bride, a 2011 graduate of Meiji University in Tokyo, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yasuji Ogami of Yokohama, Japan. She is the … [Read more...]
A Certain Ring to It
I didn’t take him for a marimba kind of guy, and yet there it was. He pulled back his monogrammed Brooks Brothers cuffs and said, “Hello?” Like a custom license plate, a person’s cellular ring tone can be a little window into who he is deep down, freed from all of his grown-up trappings. Of course, it could just as easily be the ringtone set as a program default, but I guess … [Read more...]