Blair Colinne Davis and Dr. Kennett Brown Parkes were married July 24, 2010, at 6 p.m. at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham. The Rev. Frank M. Limehouse officiated. A reception followed at the Country Club of Birmingham.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Anthony Davis III of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. William Anthony Davis Jr. of Talladega and the late Mr. Davis and the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dwight Blair Jr. of Odenville.
The groom is the son of Mrs. Paula Smith Parkes of Nashville, Tenn., and Dr. Roger Brown Parkes of Jackson, Miss. He is the grandson of Mrs. Elizabeth Gottleb Smith and the late Mr. Smith of Destin, Fla., and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Brown Parkes of Jackson.
The bride was given in marriage by her father. Bridesmaids were Katharine Robinson Davis, sister-in-law of the bride; Elizabeth Lyle Parkes, sister of the groom; Mona Gribbin Ponder, cousin of the bride; Jessica Lauren Banks; Piper Ainsley Broderick; Sarah Walton Burchfield; Russell Wood Chambliss; Sena Meredith Fuqua; Caitlin Reed Justice; Mary Margaret Harris Kemp; Jill Leslie Koretzky; Molly McNutt Morrison; Mabry Crute Poellnitz; Melissa Leigh Simpson; Elizabeth Hansell Smith and Linda Patricia Ward. Flower girls were Liza Jane Ponder and Martha Susan Ponder.
The groom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were William Anthony Davis IV, brother of the bride; Eric Cline Lind, cousin of the groom; Charles Robert McNeil Alden; Robert Joseph Dowdle Jr.; Taylor Alexander Harris; William Harrison Hartsfield Jr.; Anderson Lipscomb Jarman; William Jemison Jones; Samuel Henry Miles; James Taliaferro Murff Oates; Barton William Simmons; Timothy Adam Sinks; Dominick Randolph Smith; Radford Carlton Stewart IV; Timothy Pattison Taylor Jr. and Wesley Sewell Williams.
Music was provided by organist Dr. Stephen G. Schaeffer, bagpiper Ryan Morrison and the Cahaba String Quartet.
After a honeymoon trip to St. Barths, the couple is at home in Nashville, Tenn.
