Cassondra Denise Williams - Anthony Bernard Stokes

Cassondra Denise Stokes
Cassondra Denise Stokes

Wedding vows were exchanged by Cassondra Denise Williams and Anthony Bernard Stokes at 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 in Greater Archview Baptist Church. Officiants were the Revs. Kenneth R. Martin and Michael Williams.

The bride is the daughter of Wanda and Charles Ausler Jr. and Lanston Williams of Plummerville. She is the granddaughter of the late Essie and Roger Mitchell of Morrilton, the late Ida L. Williams of Plummerville and the late Willie Steve Williams of Texarkana, Texas.

Parents of the bridegroom are Hamp Stokes and the late Gwendolyn Louise Stokes, both of Norphlet. His grandparents are the late Marie and Blumer Ford of El Dorado and the late Ollie and Ben Stokes of Grenada, Miss.

The church was decorated with arrangements of pink and cream roses and white hydrangeas. Nuptial music was by vocalist Torry Dulaney.

The bride was escorted by her brother, Derrick Mitchell. She wore an ivory trumpet-style satin gown. A ribbon at the waist of the strapless bodice was embellished with beading and the skirt extended to a sweep train. She carried a bouquet of white roses.

Serving as the bride's honor attendants were Gwendolyn Trigleth-Jackson and Camri Williams, daughter of the bride, both of Little Rock. Bridesmaids were Sidney Terry of Little Rock, also a daughter of the bride; Kaye Boone of Jackson, Miss.; Latonia McCuien of Morrilton; and Theresa Timmons-Shamberger of Maumelle. They wore pink chiffon gowns and carried bouquets of pink and ivory roses

Flower girls were Rhyan Reasby and Alyse Toney, niece of the bride, both of Little Rock. Ring bearer was Pierson Clemons, also of Little Rock, nephew of the bride.

Best man was Tracy Fells of Bryant. Groomsmen were Anthony Stokes II, son of the bridegroom, and Victor Gulley, Michael Hatley and Evan Jackson, all of Little Rock; and Anthony Hicks of Fayetteville. Guests were seated by Devyn Bates and Deonta Mitchell of Little Rock, nephews of the bride, and Brandon Childress of Maumelle, nephew of the bridegroom.

A reception at Maumelle Park on the River followed the ceremony. Guest tables were centered with arrangements of pink and white hydrangeas and roses. A large arrangement of pink and white roses centered the buffet table.

The bride has a bachelor's degree in public health education and a master's degree in adult education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she was a member of Delta Sigma Theta. She is a candidate for a doctorate in organization management from the University of Phoenix and is deputy director of the Department of Human Services, Division of Services for the Blind, in Little Rock.

The bridegroom studied biology at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia and is employed in sales at Steve Landers Kia of Little Rock.

After a wedding trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica, the couple will reside in Little Rock.

High Profile on 09/18/2016

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