Thomas-Brown

Lane Ellen Thomas and Graham Ronald Brown married Aug. 24, 2013, at Canterbury United Methodist Church. Reverend DeWitt Thomason Bell Jr. and Reverend Samuel Lee Williamson officiated the ceremony. 

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Michael Thomas of Mountain Brook. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Frances Manly Ferrell of Birmingham and the late Mr. Harold Cleveland Manly Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. L.S. Thomas Jr. of Birmingham. 

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Anthony Brown of Goose Creek, S.C. He is the grandson of Mr. Joseph Armisted Neff of Charleston, S.C., and the late Mrs. Geraldine Ott Neff and the late Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Herbert Brown of Cheshire, England. 

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Allison Brooke Westlake served as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Evan Ashley Alderson, Melissa Manly Bonds, Stephanie Jean Cannon, Leslie Myer Crawford, Kori Louise Harrow, Rebecca Marguerite McCaleb, Laura Margaret Steul and Ashley Austin Vibert. Flower girls were Hallie Kay Head and Sara Frances Head.  

The groom’s brother, Jonathan Neff Brown, served as his best man. Groomsmen were Jay Jeffrey Brown, Steven Michael Kimmel, Steven Michael Lloyd, Shawn Patrick McGregor, Christopher Marcus Mitchell, Scott Aaron Stanley and Kirk Michael Thomas, brother of the bride.

Music was provided by Dr. Lester Seigel, Kristi Tingle-Higginbotham and David Higginbotham.  

The bride wore an ivory French Alencon lace v-neck Augusta Jones gown with a ruched silk taffeta cummerbund at her waist. The plunging v-back was accented with satin covered buttons and a full chapel length train. Her waltz-length veil of ivory illusion was edged with lace and was handmade by the bride’s great-grandmother, Frances Kirk, for the bride’s mother to wear in her 1982 wedding. Her cousin, Melissa Manly Bonds, also wore it in her 2010 wedding.

After a honeymoon trip to Jamaica, the couple lives in Birmingham.