Kelsey Lynn Zerell became the bride of Bennett James Herrick at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 13, in Legacy Acres Chapel, Conway. Officiating was the Rev. Chris Ochterbeck of New Life Church of Greater Little Rock.
Parents of the bride are Cheryl and Phillip Zerell and grandparents are Jane and the late David Farmer, all of North Little Rock.
The groom is the son of Vicki Johnson of Sachse, Texas, and the grandson of Sharon and James Kopidlansky of Pottsboro, Texas.
Inside the chapel entrance were two columns topped with large arrangements of hydrangeas, roses, tulips and hypericum. The front of the chapel held four large wooden lanterns filled with peach roses, white hydrangeas, blue thistle, white parrot tulips and eucalyptus.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a gown with a sleeveless guipure lace sweetheart bodice and thin shoulder straps embellished with rhinestones. The georgette skirt extended to an illusion-and-lace train. She carried a cascade of apricot ranunculus, peach roses, green hellebores, peach hypericum, eucalyptus and Jackson vine.
Jenna Matthews of Little Rock was matron of honor. Amber Dwyer of Conway served as a bridesmaid. They wore A-line dusty-sage chiffon gowns and carried bouquets of roses, hydrangeas, ranunculus, hellebore and thistle.
Flower girl was Jadyn Heflin of Conway and ring bearer was Phillip Priebe of Little Rock
Cory Stevens of Richardson, Texas, served as best man. George Scheible of Midland, Texas, was a groomsman. Guests were seated by Lee Cohen of Richardson and Josh Reed of Midwest City, Okla.
After the ceremony, a reception was held in the Legacy Acres Ballroom. Tables were covered with navy linens. Long guest tables were lined with vines, eucalyptus and pillar candles in cylinder vases. Round guest tables alternated arrangements of willow branches, eucalyptus and vines with low centerpieces of wedding flowers.
The bride is a graduate of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway with a bachelor's degree in marketing. She is a pharmaceutical representative at Kowa Pharmaceuticals.
The groom has a bachelor's degree in business administration and economics from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and is a facility manager at Sherwin-Williams Performance Coatings Group Division.
The couple will make their home in Maumelle after a honeymoon in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
High Profile on 04/21/2019