Grace Anne Garrett and Captain Brandon Reed Davis married Feb. 16 at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church. The Reverend Richmond Webster officiated the ceremony. Music was provided by Dr. James Dorroh. A reception followed at The Country Club of Birmingham.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bryan Garrett of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Carl Turnbull and Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Garrett, all of Birmingham. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Davis of Linden, Ala. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Brian Cliff of Mobile, originally of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, and Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Franklin Davis of Linden.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory gown of French alencon lace over silk charmeuse with an illusion bateau neckline. She wore a Chapel length veil of ivory illusion edged in lace scallop. She carried a bouquet of white peonies, hydrangea, daffodils and lisianthus tied to a prayer book that had also been carried by her mother, sister, grandmother and five other brides in the family dating back to 1948.
The bride’s sisters Taylor Garrett Welsh and Mary Baker Garrett were matron and maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Katelyn Marie Bassett, Stacie Brook Davis, Jane Catherine Elizabeth Dowling, Sarah Elizabeth Hansen, Diana Margaret Lee, Kristen Elizabeth Wheeles and Anna Katherine Yeager.
The groom’s father and Daniel Ross Cadden were best men. Groomsmen were Joshua Christopher Bracher, Bryan Marshall Garrett, Phillip Christopher Gewin, Raymond Michael Meyer, IV, Jeffery Vance Swanson, Charles Robert Timm, Kenneth Andrew Wolfe and Dmitriy Sergeyevich Zakharov.
Melissa Ann Mays and Daniel Logan Welsh read the Scripture. Acolytes were Margaret Lyle Logan, James Vann Logan and Sarah Hayden Logan. Program attendants were Mary Carolyn Gunn and Kayla Gomillion.
Saber bearers providing the saber arch at the reception were Jon Cochran, Daniel Ferenczy, Christopher Herold, Gregory Walker, Gregory Wheeler and Ryan Van Wie.
After a wedding trip to Antigua, the couple now lives in Clarksville, Tenn.
