Mary Frances Stanley weds in Key West
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The bride is the daughter of Larry and Diane Stanley. Her grandparents are the late Mary Rose and J.K. Stanley; Frances Denton and the late Virgil Denton.
Mr. Parker?s parents are Tom and Carole Parker of Paris. He is the grandson of the late Russell and Virginia Perkins; the late Bill and Kitty Parker.
Following the wedding ceremony, a reception was held in the couple?s honor on November 18 at the McMinnville Country Club. It was hosted by the parents of the bridal couple.
The new Mrs. Parker wore her wedding dress, an Oscar de la Renta original gown. The strapless silk taffeta tea length dress had a rouched bodice and a tiered ruffled skirt. The bodice of hand rouching featured cascading bows down the center front. The bride carried a hand-tied nosegay of mango calla lilies, terra cotta roses, lime green button poms, hypericum and seeded eucalyptus.
Matching harvest baskets filled with Fuji mums, rust Asiatic lilies, yarrow, seeded eucalyptus, miniature pumpkins and bittersweet welcomed guest through the entrance.
Fresh bittersweet filled the porch chandelier and luminary?s cutout with fall leaves lined the circle drive.
The guest register held a large crystal urn filled with birch branches and miniature pumpkins. Guests penned best wishes to the couple on various leaves that were attached to the branches. The table was draped with a bronze sheer tablecloth edged in crushed velvet. The registry was attended by Megan Gipson, cousin of the bride.
The bride?s table was draped with a chocolate brown lined tablecloth with a bronze sheer overlay embroidered with leaves and bordered with a tassel fringe. The three-tiered wedding cake was nested atop a wreath of salal, seeded eucalyptus, pittosporum, hypericum and lime green button poms.
A large cylinder vase filled with pumpkins and gourds, an arrangement of Fuji mums, roses, lilies and assorted fall vegetation graced the food table. Individually designed arrangements of hydrangea, roses, sunflowers, yarrow miniature pumpkins and other fall foliage, were placed on guest tables. Each were surrounded by votive candles and faux fall leaves.
The bride is a graduate of Warren County High School and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received a law degree from Nashville School of Law. She is currently a law clerk for Circuit Court Judge Royce Taylor in Murfreesboro.
Her husband is a graduate of Henry County High School and the University of Mississippi in Oxford. He is a municipal banker for U.S. Bank, Brentwood.