Moore-Shipper
Melissa Ann Moore and David Benjamen Shipper were married Dec. 29 at Independent Presbyterian Church. Dr. Conrad Sharps officiated the ceremony. A reception followed at the Country Club of Birmingham.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John David Moore of Mountain Brook. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. John Jordan Cowin Sr. of Mountain Brook and the late Mr. John Jordan Cowin Sr., the late Mrs. Judith Wilson Blevins of Lexington, Ky., and the late Mr. Verner Moore of Lexington.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Keith Skidmore of Jewell, Texas, and the late Mr. Darryl Wayne Shipper of Texas. He is the grandson of Mrs. Wanda Blackmon and the late Mr. Leroy Blackmon, the late Jimmy Lee Shipper and the late Mrs. Ima Jean Shipper, all of Texas.
The bride is a cum laude graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee with a bachelor’s degree in English and a minor in art history. She is employed with Oakstone Publishing as a website media consultant.
The groom is a graduate of Auburn University at Montgomery with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. He has a master’s degree in business administration from Auburn University at Montgomery and is employed at Compass Bank as a publicity director.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride was attended by her sister, Mary Jordan Moore, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Kathryn Paige Deppe, Porter Fitzhugh Jennings, Megan Hua Shaul, Allison Carvill Van Glahn Slocum, Lindsey Christina Turner and Elizabeth Ann Varnell.
Mark Leonard Maillet was best man. Groomsmen were Matthew Todd Collier; Andrew Lee Conaway; John Christopher Moore, brother of the bride; Tucker Lee Shipper; Jamie Lamar Thompson and Kevin Scott Van Hyning.
After a honeymoon trip to Jamaica, the couple lives in Birmingham.
