Mr. and Mrs. David Augustus Verdery Morgan Renee Lamon and David Augustus Verdery of Washington were united in marriage on Saturday, December 23, at one o'clock in the afternoon at Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Augusta. Rev. Dr. Jay Hodges of Milledgeville and Rev. Tom Stilwell of Washington officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Rev. Kathy Lamon of Augusta and Frank Lamon of Hoschton.

The bridegroom is the son of Tyler and Rita Verdery of Washington.

The ceremony began with worship music performed by Tim Bailey, Isaiah Greer, Nichole Gautreaux and Vickie Burk, all of Washington.

Serving as groomsmen were Erich Verdery, brother of the bridegroom, and Douglas Pullen of Washington; and Jimmy Sutton of Fort Worth, Tex. Ushers were the bride's brother, Ryan Lamon of Athens, and Jesse Verdery of Fort Worth, Tex., brother of the bridegroom. Benjamin Verdery of Fort Worth, Tex., nephew of the bridegroom, was the ringbearer.

The male attendants, with the exception of Jesse Verdery who wore the full military Air Force dress uniform, wore black cutaway tuxedos with claret vests.

Bridal attendants were Summer Toby and Natalie Sutton of Fort Worth, Tex., and Amanda Brooke of Athens. Each wore a claret red strapless tea-length dress and carried a bouquet of three red American Beauty roses.

Flower girl, Chloe Bailey of Washington, wore a sleeveless satin and tulle dress with a claret sash and carried a basket of rose petals.

Although footwear was optional for the ceremony, the wedding party including the bride and bridegroom, wore Chaco sandals which they received as gifts from the bridal couple.

The bride, given in marriage by her parents, entered the sanctuary on the arm of her father. She was radiant in a strapless satin gown gathered on one side with intricate pearl and crystal beading.

She wore a multi-layered fingertip veil edged in crystal beading with a pearl and crystal tiara and carried a bouquet of red American Beauty roses.

Her special accessories included a pearl necklace belonging to the mother of the bridegroom and a sixpence from England in her shoe given to her by her mother.

As the bride neared the altar, she stopped and gave her mother a single long-stemmed red rose.

After the presentation to the bridegroom, the parents of the bride and bridegroom joined the couple and the ministers at the altar. As the couple knelt, the parents prayed for the couple and their lives together. After the bridal couple received Holy Communion, they served their attendants who in turn served the congregation during the service.

Following the exchange of rings, the couple sealed their vows with their first kiss that they reserved throughout their courtship to share on their wedding day.

As the couple processed from the altar, the bride stopped to present her mother-in-law, Mrs. Verdery, a single long stemmed red rose.

Reception

Following the ceremony, family and friends joined the couple at the reception in the Family Life Center of the church.

The room was beautifully decorated with Christmas greenery, Battenburg lace cloths and pillar candles in hurricane globes by friends, Audrea Ezzell and Vickie Burk of Washington, and the bride's aunt, Martha Russell of Conyers.

Here the bride and bridegroom participated in the German tradition of working together by sawing a log in half with a two-man cross cut timber saw. The father of the bridegroom provided the saw, log and stand. Groomsmen sat atop the log as the couple performed this first act of cooperative work together.

They then celebrated by cutting the bride's cake made by Vickie Burk and Pat Tippins of Washington.

After a toast they cut the 14-layer chocolate bridegroom's cake made by his mother.

Food for the reception was catered by the bride's father, owner of Frank's Barbeque in Hoschton.

Family and friends celebrated together for hours with music provided by a local DJ.

The couple was showered with flower petals as they left to enjoy a quiet honeymoon in North Carolina.

They now reside in Marietta where he is a student at Southern Polytechnic Institute and she is a student at Kennesaw State University.