Katherine Barrow Kettig and Michael Douglas Wade Jr. were married March 21 at the Country Club of Birmingham. The Reverend Lindsay Michelle Wade, sister of the groom, officiated the ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Morgan Kettig of Mountain Brook. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Henry Kettig Jr., the late Mr. Samuel Earle Hiden and the late Mrs. Barrow Gore Ryding, all of Birmingham.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Douglas Wade of Vestavia Hills. He is the grandson of the late Commander and Mrs. Aredus Buck Wade Jr. of Memphis, Tennessee, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill McDougal of Winona, Mississippi.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory Chantilly lace cap sleeve gown with a ruched bodice and scattered beading on an A-line skirt with covered buttons to the end of her train. Her dress was designed by Kelly Faetanini of New York and bought from the Carriage House. Her veil had been worn by her mother and sister. She was attended by her sisters, Laura Kettig Beasley of Memphis and Anne Kettig Lary of Mountain Brook. The flower girl was Marley Rae Wade, daughter of the groom.
The groomʼs father served as best man. Ring bearers were William Taylor Beasley and John Kettig Beasley, nephews of the bride, of Memphis.
Music for the ceremony was provided by Charles Richard Byrd IV.
A reception followed at the Country Club of Birmingham. After a wedding trip to Costa Rica, the couple live in Birmingham.
