Annalea Michelle Garner - Joseph Craig Mahan

Annalea Michelle Mahan
Annalea Michelle Mahan

Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Calif., was the setting at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 19, for the marriage of Annalea Michelle Garner and Joseph Craig Mahan. The father of the groom officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Judy and Dr. Jeff Garner of Little Rock. Her grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garner of Dexter, Mo., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rownd of Little Rock.

Karen and Paul Mahan of Bentonville are the parents of the groom. He is the grandson of Dorothy and the late Robert Clifford of Bloomington, Ill., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Hilma Mahan of Fayetteville.

The entrance to the ceremony was marked with white and gold urns filled with white arrangements of hydrangeas, roses and lisianthus. An arch was decorated with white hydrangeas and roses. Music was by the Clover String Quartet.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a mikado-silk ballgown with a V-neckline and carried a bouquet of white peonies, ranunculus and freesia.

Maid of honor was Laura Garner of Berkeley, Calif., sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Colby Broussard of Houston; Olivia Geels and Meredith Thomas, both of Little Rock; McKenzie Maxwell of New Orleans; Grayson Alexander Nale and Stacee Alario Reeves, both of Shreveport; Kaitlin Samford of Dallas; and Mallory Serdensky of New York, sister of the groom. They wore ivory crepe dresses in the style of their choice and carried small bouquets of white hydrangeas and roses.

Hunter Banwarth of Fayetteville was best man. Groomsmen were Daniel Beahm and Jacob Kerksieck, both of Fayetteville; Kevin Garner of Shreveport, brother of the bride; Austin McCollum of Bentonville; Blake Miller of Denver; Nicholas Palmer and Christopher Stalnaker, both of Little Rock; Evan Serdensky of New York; and John Wootten IV of Springdale.

A reception -- also at the Four Seasons -- took place after the ceremony. Tables alternated arrangements of hydrangeas, lisianthus, roses and snapdragons in glass vases and gold mercury bowls.

The bride studied interior design at Louisiana State University where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi. She is an account manager at Cowton and Tout in Los Angeles.

The groom has a bachelor's in accounting and master's degree in business administration from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he was a member of Sigma Chi. He is employed by Outdoor Cap.

After a honeymoon in Europe, the couple will live in Santa Monica, Calif.

High Profile on 05/27/2018

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