Diana Catherine Taylor & David Curtis Sawyer

As we said earlier, our wedding from last weekend was chosen as the feature story in the High Profile Weddings section of the state paper. Here is that story, below.

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Wedding vows were exchanged by Diana Catherine Taylor and David Curtis Sawyer at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 6, in Calvary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Simpson officiating.

Mr. and Mrs. Kent Wilson Taylor, 12805 Morrison Road, are the parents of the bride. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wayne Holt of Pine Bluff and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Stanley Taylor of Fort Smith.

Parents of the bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Curtis Sawyer, 4101 Valley View Drive. His grandparents are Mrs. Henry Thomas Prigge of Atlanta, the late Mr. Prigge, Mrs. Eugene Glenn of Nashville, Tenn., and the late Eli Erskine Sawyer.

The chancel held matching cathedral arrangements of peonies, garden roses, hydrangeas and stargazer lilies. Music was by organist Adam Savacool and soloist Whitney Martin. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a strapless A-line gown of ivory matte satin with a sheer silk ivory organza overlay and chapel-length train. The bodice had a sweetheart neckline and a waistline which was embellished with lace and champagne satin ribbon secured by a sparkling brooch. Her two-tier waltz-length veil was ivory with rolled satin edges.

Along with her great-grandmother's green linen handkerchief, she carried a clutch bouquetfilled with peonies, garden roses and viburnum. Elizabeth Stainton of Fayetteville served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Natalie Bingaman of Fayetteville and Ellen Reaves of Rome, Ga., cousins of the bride; Morgan LaPorte of Chicago; and Lacey Thorpe of Dallas.

They wore douppioni silk kneelength dresses in midori green with cap sleeves and shirred bands at their Empire waistlines. They carried bouquets of hot pink roses and hypericum berries. Best man was Jeffrey Sawyer of Little Rock, brother of the bridegroom. Groomsmen were Jay Murphy of Little Rock, Whit Cocanower of Fayetteville, Robert Dudley of Hot Springs and Andrew Shelor of Rogers. Guests were seated by Daniel Bingaman of Fayetteville and Graham Reaves of Rome, also cousins of the bride.

Guest tables at a reception in the Albert Pike Hotel were covered with apple green linens and cerise lamour runners. They held glass cubes and cylinders with floating stargazer lilies. The ballroom ceiling featured a greenery grid of boxwood garlands accentedwith wedding flowers.

A large glass hurricane vase on the buffet held peonies, garden roses, hydrangeas and bells of Ireland.

The bride graduated magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in May with bachelor's degrees in political science and international relations. She was named Senior Scholar and to the dean's list and was a vice president of Alpha Omicron Pi. She has interned with Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Rep. Vic Snyder, both D-Ark. The bridegroom also graduated this spring from the UA with bachelor's degrees in political science and international relations. He graduated cum laude, was academic chairman of Lambda Chi Alpha and received the University of Arkansas Honors College Fellowship. He plans to be a student in the fall at American University, Washington School of Law in Washington. After a honeymoon in Eureka Springs, the couple will make their home in Washington.