Melissa Dawn Thomas and William Watson Weathers were married June 20 at the residence of the Weathers at Oak Hole in Bowman, South Carolina. The 6:30 p.m. ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Marshall Blalock of First Baptist Church of Charleston. A reception followed pond side at the residence.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Randall Thomas II of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Walters and the late Mr. and Mrs. James O. “Moe” Thomas, all of Birmingham.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Watson Weathers Jr. of Bowman, South Carolina. He is the grandson of Mrs. W. Watson Weathers Sr. and the late Mr. W. Watson Weathers Sr., also of Bowman, as well as the late Dr. and Mrs. F. Rouse Huff of St. Matthews, South Carolina.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a Monique Lhullier gown made of ivory french Alencon lace featuring a key hole back with eyelash-fringed edges and a sweeping train. She carried a bouquet of wildflowers hand tied with a handmade handkerchief given by her late maternal grandmother and pinned with her late paternal grandfather’s WWII Army Air Corps pin.
Cayci Banks of Newberry, South Carolina served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Hannah Aizenman, cousin of the bride, of Brooklyn, New York; Lisa Williams of Atlanta; Lofton Dubose of Chapin, South Carolina; and Molly Weathers, sister-in-law of the groom, of Advance, North Carolina. Zoey Kathleen Weathers and Kate Noelle Weathers, nieces of the groom, of Advance and McLane Elizabeth Banks of Newberry, South Carolina, were the flower girls.
John Weathers, brother of the groom, of Advance served as best man. Groomsmen were Josh Johnson of Cameron, South Carolina; Kevin Ott of St. Matthews; and Seth Squires of Aynor, South Carolina. Ushers were Grant Thomas, brother of the bride, of Birmingham; and Tyler Thomas, brother of the bride, of Sarasota, Florida. Lucas Chadwick Banks of Newberry was the ring bearer.
After a honeymoon trip to Anguilla, the couple live in Charleston, South Carolina.