Wedding vows were exchanged by Caroline Leigh Frank and Calvin Lee Drinnen at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, on Inlet Beach in Inlet Beach, Fla. Don Goodrum officiated.
Parents of the bride are Donna and Jim Frank, 6 Fox Chapel Court. She is the granddaughter of Helen and Don Reyburn of Fairfield Bay and the late Mary and Roy Frank.
The groom is the son of Denice and Kyle Drinnen of Haysville, Kan. His grandparents are Marcia and Cecil Drinnen and Margaret and the late William Offield, all also of Haysville.
The aisle, covered with white flower pedals, led to two tall arrangements of curly willow. Chairs lining the aisle were decorated with suspended Mason jars holding limonium and baby’s breath. Music was by Rock the House.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a Watters and Watters strapless ivory gown of silk-organza with a sweetheart neckline. She carried a bouquet of white hydrangeas, white roses, Queen Anne’s lace, purple limonium and white ranunculus.
Kristin Ashley Paladino of Little Rock served as maid of honor. She wore a strapless ruched gown of plum chiffon and carried a bouquet of green miniature hydrangeas, white spider chrysanthemums, white roses and green hypericum berries.
Best man was John Joseph Maler of Randlett, Okla. Guests were seated by James Reyburn Frank of Little Rock, brother of the bride.
A reception at The Pavilion at Grande Pointe in Panama City followed the ceremony. Tables were decorated with short vintage vases filled with green and purple hydrangeas, purple limonium, purple lisianthius, white roses and green berries. Tables were lighted by votive candles in mercury glass holders.
The bride attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she was a member of Chi Omega. She received a bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She is a registered nurse at St. Vincent Heart Clinic Arkansas.
The groom graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from UALR, where he was a pitcher on the baseball team. He is a sales representative with Glazer’s Distributors of Arkansas.
The couple will make their home in Little Rock and plan to take a honeymoon trip at a later date.
High Profile, Pages 42 on 03/09/2014