December 2, 2023 // Ashland Place United Methodist Church, Reception at Byrne Memorial Hall
Michelle and Robert’s wedding day was marked with meaningful details. The bride’s mother carried a hand-carved mother of pearl Bible, the same one she carried in her own wedding in 1973, at the Ashland Methodist Church ceremony. The bride presented the couple’s parents and groom with hand-carved hearts made from fallen olive wood branches in the Holy Land, the same place her mother purchased the Bible she carried in her wedding. During the ceremony, the bride’s cousin, Gabrielle Lovelace, read the poem “I Carry Your Heart With Me” by EE Cummings; the wedding bands were engraved with the poem’s title. At the reception, guests enjoyed food, drinks and football, with a TV displaying the SEC Championship game. The couple made their exit waving red-and-white Alabama shakers before being whisked away in a 1962 Rolls Royce Phantom V limousine.
Parents of the Bride Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ryan Grandparents of the Bride The late Mr. and Mrs. James Gunter: the late Mr. and Mrs. Dyke Ryan Parents of the Groom Mr. and Mrs. John Day Grandparents of the Groom The late Mr. and Mrs. Troy Tyler; the late Mr. and Mrs. Benny Day Photographer Michelle Taulbee Photography Wedding Dress I Do Bridal and Formal Florist Sola Wood Flowers Hair and Makeup Olivia Rumbley Caterer Spring Hill College Wedding Cake Pollman’s Bake Shop Band Epiphany Gulf Coast Wedding Planner Mae Winters, Jane Ardito
