Sara Catherine Owen - Jonathan Andrew Holliday

Sara Owen Holliday
Sara Owen Holliday

Sara Catherine Owen and Jonathan Andrew Holliday, who goes by Drew, exchanged marriage vows at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, in the Cathedral of St. Andrew. Monsignor Lawrence Frederick of Catholic High School officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Cathy and Steve Owen, 43 Robinwood Drive. She is the granddaughter of Rosalyn and Harry L. Hastings Jr. and the late Shirley and Lt. Col. Orin K. Owen, all of Little Rock.

The groom is the son of Nancy and Harry Neal of Malvern and Butch Holliday of Little Rock. His grandparents are the late Theresa and Eugene Holliday of Benton and the late Tina and Harold Lindsey of Texarkana.

The altar held two white and cream English garden-style arrangements of roses, hydrangeas and French tulips. Music was by organist Beau Baldwin, trumpeter Larry Jones and vocalist Logan Phillips.

The bride, escorted by her father, wore a Renaissance inspired A-line gown that she designed and made of ivory jacquard with a tone-on-tone floral pattern. The bodice had full-length sleeves and a hand-made belt of gold embroidery at the waist. The skirt extended to a chapel-length train. She carried a garden bouquet of blush peonies, roses, ranunculus, cream French tulips and lavender accents along with an antique pink handkerchief that belonged to the bridegroom's great-grandmother.

The bride's honor attendants were Heather Nessler of Grand Prairie, Texas, and Emily Althoff of Little Rock. Bridesmaids were Brittany Cooper, also of Grand Prairie; Anne Hastings and Alissa Hastings, both also of Little Rock and cousins of the bride; and Erin Holliday of Hot Springs, sister of the groom. They wore champagne-colored satin gowns and carried smaller versions of the bridal bouquet.

Michael Holliday of Hot Springs served as his brother's best man. Groomsmen were Steven Owen Jr. of Little Rock, brother of the bride, and Christopher Boyes, Brent Jones, Caleb Short and William Thompson, all also of Hot Springs.

A reception at Hidden Valley Farm in Ferndale followed the ceremony. Oak trees in garden boxes ringed the dance floor and dining areas. Guest tables alternated centerpieces of low moss mounds holding garden roses and peonies with wooden pedestals and milk glass compotes filled with wedding flowers. Music on the lawn before dinner was by Ovation String Quartet. Later in the evening, music was by Music City Rhythm Revue from Nashville, Tenn. Assisting was Mary Elizabeth Wilson of Little Rock.

The bride graduated with a bachelor's degree in marketing from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia and is an assistant vice president in accounting at Eagle Bank & Trust Co.

The groom attended University of Arkansas at Little Rock and is a manager at Greenley Foods in Hot Springs.

The couple will live in Little Rock after a honeymoon in the Ozark Mountains followed by a fall wedding trip to Orlando, Fla.

High Profile on 05/15/2016

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