Thomson - Elmore

SALISBURY, MD - Kathryn Elizabeth Elmore and Russell Ryan Thomson were married June 14, 2008, at Bethesda United Methodist Church in Salisbury. The bride is the daughter of Delegate and Mrs. Douglas Page Elmore of Salisbury. The bride is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trueheart Elmore, Sr. of Painter, VA and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman Jackson, Jr. of Chester, PA and Salisbury.The groom is the son of Mr. William Ray Thomson and the late Mrs. Kathy Stallings Thomson of Belton, SC. The groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James Russell Stallings of Belton, SC and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Robert Thomson of Honea Path, SC. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dale Lynn Vroman and the Rev. Dr. Walter Coleman Jackson, III, the bride's uncle. Music was provided by organist Jeffrey Baer and soloist Sherri Trader-Hynes.Escorted by her father, the bride wore a white strapless gown of imported alencon lace over silk taffeta from world-renowned designer Monique L'huiller of Los Angeles. The full A-line skirt was finished in a scalloped lace edge and draped in the back with a sweep-length train. Her chapel-length tulle veil was edged in the same lace as her gown. Lace and linen handkerchiefs from the bride's grandmothers and the groom's mother were bound in her bouquet of white mini callas surrounded by a mix of white roses and green hypericum berries. Serving as maid of honor was Katherine Marie Kroll of Austin, Texas. Bridesmaids were Brandi Dawn Bazemore of Macon, GA; Rachel Elizabeth Eason of Washington, D.C.; Lyndsay Nicole Hampton and Megan Elizabeth Hampton of Cumming, GA, nieces of the bride; Cara Marie Nascimbeni of Baltimore; and Anne Lindsay Soyars of Warrenton, Va. The flower girls were Riley Brooke Mears of Berlin, MD, niece of the bride, and Hannah Katherine Lord of Raleigh, N.C., niece of the groom. The best man was William Ray Thomson of Belton, S. C., father of the groom.Groomsmen were Michael David Alterman of Atlanta, GA; Jeffrey Graham Dunlop of Charlotte, N. C; Henry Neal Lord, II of Raleigh, N. C., brother-in-law of the groom; Christopher Thomas Machado of Atlanta, GA; Justin Dale Mears of Berlin, MD, nephew of the bride; and William Matthew Rogers of Simpsonville, S. C. The ring bearers were Andrew Wade Hampton of Cumming, GA., nephew of the bride, and Cooper Elijah Lord of Raleigh, N. C., nephew of the groom. The altar flowers were dedicated to the memory of Kathy Stallings Thomson, the groom's mother. The narthex flowers were dedicated to the memory of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Trueheart Elmore, Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Coleman Jackson, Jr., grandparents of the bride, and the late Mr. and Mrs. William Robert Thomson, grandparents of the groom. A dinner/dance reception was held at The Fountains Wedding and Conference Center.Following the reception, the couple left for a honeymoon trip to St. Lucia. The bride is a 2000 graduate of The Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia, and a 2004 summa cum laude graduate of Salisbury University. She obtained her law degree in 2007 from The Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University in Macon, Georgia and is currently employed as a Staff Attorney for the Honorable Adele P. Grubbs, a Judge of the Cobb County Superior Court in Marietta, Georgia. The groom is a 1998 graduate of Belton-Honea Path High School in Honea Path, South Carolina and a 2002 cum laude graduate of Clemson University. He obtained his law degree in 2005 from The Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University in Macon, Georgia and is currently employed as in-house counsel for Traveler's Insurance Company in Atlanta. The couple will reside in Atlanta, Georgia.