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In March 2022, Saugahatchee Country<br />
Club served as the backdrop for the<br />
reunion. Barry reached out to the original<br />
wedding party. Seventy-five percent<br />
of the wedding party was able to attend.<br />
Bridesmaids and groomsmen who now<br />
live in Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and all<br />
over <strong>Alabama</strong> showed up to celebrate the<br />
couple three decades later. Additionally,<br />
Barry’s niece who served as the flower girl<br />
was able to make the reunion. Ryann Stone<br />
is now married with two children and lives<br />
in Opelika, Ala.<br />
Groomsmen who were able to attend<br />
were locals Bubba Dean, Richard Patton<br />
and Doug Taylor while others were from<br />
out of town like Frankie Stankunas and<br />
Kevin Haynes. Others who couldn’t attend<br />
where Tim Garner (Opelika native), Hunter<br />
Killian (Leigh’s cousin from Colorado),<br />
Forest Whatley (Barry’s cousin and Opelika<br />
native) and Craig Whatley (Barry’s cousin<br />
and Opelika native).<br />
Bridesmaids included Stacie Stegall<br />
Haynes (Montgomery), Beth Whatley<br />
Taylor (Opelika), Andrea Pressgrove<br />
Brown (Birmingham), JoAnn Bombaro<br />
Maloof (Atlanta, Ga.), Debbie Ruyl<br />
Magill (Oak Ridge, TN), Allison Bechtel<br />
Borden (Marietta GA) and Carol Wright<br />
Schaffield (Birmingham) and the flower<br />
girl Ryann Taylor Stone (Opelika). Those<br />
not in attendance were Ginger Whatley<br />
(Opelika), Mary Lea Whatley Nist (Barry’s<br />
cousin from Auburn), Brooke Kraksburger<br />
tcsopelika.org<br />
tale as old<br />
as time<br />
A vibrant theater program is part of our<br />
expansive fine arts department at Trinity.<br />
A CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN ACADEMY<br />
EAST ALABAMA WEDDINGS 55
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