Wedding vows were exchanged by Jordan Drew Miller and Justin Scott Pennino at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 14, at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis. Richard Kolb III of Libertyville, Ill., officiated.
Julie and John D. Miller of Little Rock are the parents of the bride. She is the granddaughter of Joy and Guy Dillahunty of Little Rock, the late Nell Miller of Helena and the late Dr. John D. Miller of Sherwood.
Parents of the groom are Kim and Jeffrey Pennino of Chicago. His grandparents are Marilyn and the late Donald Bark of McHenry, Ill., and Cecelia and the late Vincent Pennino of Hawthorn Woods, Ill.
Ceremony music was by the Rosewood Ensemble String Quartet.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore a sleeveless fit-and-flare gown of lace and crepe. The skirt extended to a scalloped lace hem and chapel train. She carried a round bouquet of white and ivory roses, ranunculus and lisianthus.
Serving as matron of honor was Stephanie Sealy of Dallas. Bridesmaids were Sarah Swetnam of Fayetteville, Lauren Steinkamp of Memphis and Molly Pennino of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Mallory Pennino of Oakwood Hills, Ill., both sisters of the bride. The attendants wore blue gowns and carried nosegays of blush and white roses, freesia and eucalyptus. Flower girls were Caroline and Mary Thweatt of Brentwood, Tenn.
The groom's honor attendants were Zak Khoshbin of Schaumburg, Ill., and Reid Bergstrom of Chicago. Groomsmen were Sam Biber of Indianapolis; Richard Kolb of Libertyville; Jaime Stauner of Chicago; and John Miller of Little Rock, brother of the bride. Guests were seated by Edward Tarpey of Kansas City, Kan.; Chase Pennino of Palatine, Ill., and Max Dejuilio of Chicago.
A reception in the Opera House's Grand Lobby followed the ceremony. Tables alternated large arrangements of white and rose hydrangeas, pink roses and eucalyptus on tall gold stands with gold mercury bowls holding roses and ranunculus. Music was by Galaxy of St. Louis.
The bride is a graduate of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, with a bachelor's degree in advertising and public relations. She was a member of Chi Omega. She is a digital marketing director with iProspect.
The groom graduated with a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Indiana where he was a member of Sigma Chi. He is an onboarding manager with InfoScout.
The couple will live in Chicago after a wedding trip to Galley Bay, Antigua.
High Profile on 07/22/2018