Chambers weds at Cancun resort
The bride is the daughter of Byron and Carol Chambers. Her grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Womack, and the late Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Chambers.
Mr. Crabtree is the son of Dale and Lisa Crabtree of Winchester. He is the grandson of the late Homer and Selma Crabtree of Greenhaw, and the late Kenneth and Jane Willis of Hillsboro.
The bride, escorted by her father, walked up a paved walkway to a gazebo surrounded on three sides by the aquamarine water of the Caribbean Sea. The white gazebo was decorated with strands of fresh ivy, calla lilies and topped with white organza billowing on the windswept peninsula.
The bride chose for her wedding day a halter-style satin gown with a chiffon overlay. Her veil was an angel cut finger-tip veil with crystal edging. It was attached to a tiara of freshwater pearls, flowers and crystals. She carried a white bouquet of calla lilies and roses tied with white tulle.
The family wedding party waited in the gazebo for the bride’s entrance to the music of “Sweet Caroline.’ The ceremony included scripture readings and prayer by the bride’s three brothers, Clay, Paul, and Mark Chambers.
The bride’s nephew, Byron Clay Chambers, III, carried the wedding rings tied with ribbon onto a scalloped sea shell.
Keeping with Mexican tradition, the judge issued typical marriage expectations, encouragement, and laws. This was followed by a sand- pouring ceremony where the bride and groom combined two different colored sands together into one vase to symbolize the joining of the bride and groom, and the joining of their families. The legal ceremony required fingerprinting as part of the ceremony.
A reception and dinner followed the ceremony at the resort’s garden terrace. Following their honeymoon in Cancun, the couple will reside in Manchester. The groom works at Arnold Engineering Development Center, and the bride is employed by Coffee County Schools.