Lori Celeste Brush and Lucas Dean Finley exchanged marriage vows at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, in First United Methodist Church, North Little Rock. The Revs. Brenton Higdem and Lynn Kilbourne officiated.
Terry and Jim Brush of North Little Rock are the parents of the bride. Her grandparents are the late Bernice and Norman Stobaugh of North Little Rock and the late Mildred and Charles Brush of Sherwood.
The bridegroom is the son of Julie and Phil Finley of Little Rock. He is the grandson of Ruth and the late Harold Hawkins of Festus, Mo.; Lucille Tollett of Russellville; the late Edward Finley and the late Maxine Graybeal-Finley, both of Springfield, Mo.
The altar held large silver and gold candelabra, pillar candles in mercury glass stands and arrangements of garden roses, hydrangeas and phalaenopsis orchids. Music was by The Reel Band.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white ball gown of tiered tulle with a sweetheart bodice of silk and a beaded belt. She carried a cascade of garden roses, hydrangeas, succulents and hanging amaranthus.
Dr. Natalie Brush-Strode of North Little Rock, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Melanie Claassen of New York; Emily Gruber of North Little Rock; Katy Julian of Little Rock; Allison Moody of Conway; and Rebecca Rutherford of Sherwood. They wore sleeveless silver gowns with full pleated skirts and carried bouquets of garden roses, hydrangeas, lisianthus and stock.
Flower girl and ring bearer were Fiona Strode and Jasper Strode of North Little Rock, niece and nephew of the bride.
Best man was Torre Finley of Petaluma, Calif., brother of the bridegroom. Groomsmen were the father of the bridegroom and Wes Hallmark of Little Rock; Adam Lynch of Sherwood; Shawn Moeller of Vilonia; and Neil Oxner of Little Rock. Junior groomsman was Liam Strode of North Little Rock, nephew of the bride.
A reception at The Little Rock Club followed the ceremony. The buffet held a large silver urn with a towering display of branches decorated with suspended votive candles. Guest tables held a mix of centerpieces including arrangements of hydrangeas, garden roses, branches and hanging amaranthus. Music was by The Sensation Band from Memphis.
The bride graduated with bachelor's and master's degrees in speech-language pathology from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway and is a speech-language pathologist for the North Little Rock School District.
The bridegroom graduated with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and doctorate of physical therapy from UCA. He is a physical therapist for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
After a honeymoon in Orlando, Fla., the couple will live in North Little Rock.
High Profile on 09/11/2016