Moore-Shipper Wedding

Melissa Ann Moore and David Benjamin Shipper were united in marriage on Dec. 29, 2012 at Independent Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. Conrad Sharps officiating.

The bride’s attendants were Kathryn Paige Deppe, Porter Fizhugh Jennings, Megan Hua Shaul, Allison Carvill Van Glahn Slocum, Lindsay Christina Turner and Elizabeth Ann Varnell. Her sister, Mary Jordan Moore, was the Maid of Honor. The groom’s attendants were Matthew Todd Collier, Andrew Lee Conaway, John Christopher Moore (brother of the bride), Tucker Lee Shipper (brother of the groom), Jamie Lamar Thompson and Kevin Scott Van Hyning. Mark Leonard Maillet was the Best Man.

Melissa is a graduate of The Altamont School and a cum laude graduate of theUniversity of the South, Sewanee with a degree in English and a minor in art history. She is employed at Oakstone Publishing as a digital marketing manager. David graduated from Auburn University in Montgomery with a BA in Marketing and a MBA with a concentration in finance. He is the vice president of Mass Affluent Marketing at BBVA Compass Bank. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John David Moore of Mountain Brook. She is the granddaughter of Betty Jo Kight Cowin and the late John Jordan Cowin of Mountain Brook, and the late Verner Moore and Judith Wilson Blevins, both of Kentucky.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Keith Skidmore and the late Darryl Wayne Shipper. He is the grandson of Emily LaWanda Blackmon and the late Leroy Blackmon, Jimmie Lee Shipper and Ima Jean Shipper.