Warren - Mitchell
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Caroline Bowers Mitchell and John Alexander Warren exchanged vows in a double-ring ceremony Sept. 20 at 11 a.m. at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Robert Peet Dickinson IV officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Earl Mitchell of Goldsboro and the granddaughter of Earl Edward Mitchell and the late Mary Faircloth Mitchell of Goldsboro and the late Mr. and Mrs. John Fowle Bowers of Elizabeth City.
She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and communications and a Master of Science degree in speech and hearing sciences. She was presented at the North Carolina Debutante Ball. She is employed with the Medical University of South Carolina.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hertz Warren III of Wadmalaw Island, S.C., and the grandson of Anne Thomas Smith, the late Dr. Charles Capers Smith and the late Dr. and Mrs. John Hertz Warren Jr. of Charleston.
He graduated from the University of the South with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and from the University of South Carolina with an MBA. He is employed with Organic Smoke Inc.
The bride was escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents.
Sallie Mitchell Wahl was her sister’s matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Julia Chantler Newton, niece of the groom, and Mary Bowers “Bo” Mitchell, niece of the bride.
John Hertz Warren Jr. was best man.
Ushers were William Edward Applegate IV, Arthur Cole Pelzer and Peter Horry Brown of Charleston, William Lee Belford of Brooklyn, N.Y., Frank Bailey Middleton of Mill Valley, Calif., William Brock Mitchell of Elizabeth City, Dr. Alex Michael Wahl of Goldsboro and Thomas Bright Williamson of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
Dr. Margaret Leighton McNairy of Boston Mass., friend of the bride, and Mrs. James Tradd Newton of Charleston, sister of the groom, were Scripture readers.
A program of wedding music was provided by Lee Meyer Kohlenberg of Charleston, organist; Mayumi Nakamura-Smith of Charleston, violinist; and Ann Caldwell of Charleston, vocalist.
Greeters were Mrs. Thomas Plumblee Morrison of Charleston and Carrie Frampton Thompson of Mt. Pleasant.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the groom’s parents in Wadmalaw Island.
After a wedding trip to Italy, the couple reside in Charleston.
By News-Argus Staff
Published in Weddings on September 21, 2008 7:19 AM