Leah Kogut Santulli became the bride of Trent Thomas Fleener at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 9, at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth. Drew Herring officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Diane Jean Kogut and Kevin Andrew Santulli of Little Rock. Her grandparents are John Santulli Jr. and the late Patricia Santulli of Timonium, Md., and the late Genevieve Kogut and Benjamin Kogut of Willingboro, N.J.
Parents of the groom are Sheryl Lee and Richard Thomas Fleener of Overland Park, Kan. He is the grandson of Sally and Barry Beard of Springdale and Mabryn and Richard Fleener of Kingwood, Texas.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory tulle ballgown with a floral lace bodice and deep scalloped hem that extended into a sweep train. Her double-layer caged veil was of soft French tulle. She carried a rounded bouquet of blue hydrangeas, light lavender stock and lisianthus, light blue delphinium and dusty miller.
Matron of honor was Cathryn Lee Bird of Houston, sister of the bridegroom. Bridesmaids were Morgan Armstrong of Houston; Caroline Tessler, Rachel Goodwin and Janey Umstattd, all of Dallas; Adelaide Snell and Morgan Blair, both of Waco, Texas; and Aly Norris of Little Rock. They wore knee-length sheaths of charcoal lace and carried smaller versions of the bridal bouquet. Flower girl was Ava Grace Rios of Little Rock.
Nick Patrick Kogut Santulli of Little Rock, brother of the bride, was best man. Groomsmen were Tim Deahl and Junior Ramos, both of Dallas; Hank Bird of Houston; Marcus Motley of Overland Park; Austen Shearouse, Brad Dimos and Bliss Liu, all of Waco. Guests were seated by Matthew Baldwin of Dallas; Ben Blandford of Waco; Stephen Julian of Austin, Texas; and Jonathan Henley of Atlanta.
A reception at City Club of Fort Worth followed the ceremony. Guest tables alternated glass and gold pedestal bowls filled with blue and lavender arrangements of hydrangeas, stock, lisianthus, delphinium and roses.
The bride graduated with a degree in nutrition sciences from Baylor University in Waco, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She is a registered dietitian.
The bridegroom graduated from Baylor with a bachelor's degree in political science. He was a member of Kappa Sigma. He is a second lieutenant in the Air Force.
After a wedding trip to Nassau, Bahamas, the couple will live in Enid, Okla., where the bridegroom will start pilot training.
High Profile on 07/17/2016