Molly Anne Turner and Jacob Ballard Sandefur were united in marriage at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Second Baptist Church. Brandon Barnard of Fellowship Bible Church officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Jenny Gosser Turner of Sherwood and Tab Turner of North Little Rock. Her grandparents are Molly Sue and the late Judge Otis Hawes Turner of Arkadelphia and Marianne and the late Dr. Bob Gosser, also of North Little Rock.
Leslie and Randy Hue Sandefur of North Little Rock are the parents of the groom. His grandparents are Judith Ann Shere, Betty Shepard, the late Frank E. Ballard and the late Jim Sandefur, all also of North Little Rock.
The chancel was decorated with metal columns holding bowls filled with blown garden roses, dahlias and Dutch stock . Music was by guitarist and vocalist Klayton Seyler; vocalists Ashley Huenefeld, MaryLacey Thomson and Hannah Bushey; and pianist Susan Cain.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a white gown with a fitted sweetheart bodice overlaid with Alencon lace. Pearls, moonstones and rhinestones embellished a scalloped belt at the natural waist and the skirt and chapel-length train were embellished with lace appliques and hemmed with a border of Alencon lace. She carried a bouquet of blown garden roses, peonies and ranunculus.
The bride's sisters, Abby Turner of Rogers and Laura Leigh Turner of North Little Rock, served as her honor attendants. Bridesmaids were Gretchen Gosser of Coppell, Texas, and Mallory Turner of Russellville, cousins of the bride; Kathleen Post of Grand Prairie, Texas; and Miranda Hickmon of Fayetteville. They wore wine-colored mesh gowns in a variety of styles and carried bouquets of roses, peonies and Dutch stock.
Flower girls were Mackenzie Hogue of Fayetteville, cousin of the bride, and Adler Watson of Conway. Ring bearers were Dean Cooley and Ryder Cooley, both of Arlington, Tenn., and Turner Hogue, also of Fayetteville, all cousins of the bride.
Payton Holmes of North Little Rock was best man. Groomsmen were the father of the groom and Ryan Whitlock, Drew Kuebler, Daniel Barnes and Jordan Sandefur, brother of the groom, all also of North Little Rock. Seating the guests were Drew Coker and Cameron Coker, both of Russellville and cousins of the groom; Trey Gosser and J.J. Askins, both also of North Little Rock, and John Mark Gosser of Coppell, all cousins of the bride; and Tyler Graham of Van Buren.
A reception at The Country Club of Little Rock followed the ceremony. The ballroom was tented with a variety of printed and hand-tied fabrics and lighted with gold prism lights decorated with wedding flowers. Tables were centered with a mix of metal containers holding large floral arrangements. Music was by The Soulsations.
The bride is a graduate of Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, with a bachelor's degree in mass communications and graphic design. She is a communications project manager at Fellowship Bible Church and owner and photographer at ma.Designs.
The groom is a student in the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing and is employed as a certified nursing assistant at Baptist Health Medical Center-North Little Rock.
After a wedding trip to St. Lucia, the couple will live in Little Rock.
High Profile on 04/24/2016