Sydney Rebecca Marsh and Christopher Paxton Lewis were united in marriage on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at two o’clock in the afternoon. The Reverend Dr. Reland Morgan performed the double ring ceremony on the stage in the Emma Kelly Theater at the Averitt Center for the Arts. The wedding was directed by Barbara Morgan.
    The bride is the daughter of Jeanne C. Marsh of Stilson and Charles W. “Rusty” Marsh of Brooklet. She is the granddaughter of LaVone R. Brown and the late Harmon Graham Cribbs Jr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Herman Marsh.  She is the great-granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Ray Jr.
    The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paxton Lewis of LaGrange. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. James R. Lewis and Ms. Ann Pellow and the late Arthur Richard Pellow.
    Music was provided by Donny Collins at the grand piano playing selections from Broadway shows.
    The stage was decorated with a candelabra and ferns and a white column holding a large floral arrangement of blue/green hydrangeas, spider mums, yellow roses, purple irises and greenery, and small vases across the front of the stage containing matching smaller floral arrangements.
    The wedding program was in the form of a Broadway show playbill designed by groomsman, Neil Hinkle.
    Escorted down the aisle by her father, the bride wore a white halter-style floor-length gown. The bodice was embroidered with lace and pearls and came to a point at the front and back waist over a bouffant tulle skirt. Her double fingertip veil was held by a crystal tiara. She carried a bouquet of blue hydrangeas, yellow roses and spider mums. Her “something borrowed” was her great-grandmother Ray’s engagement ring.
    Jeanne C. Marsh, mother of the bride, served as matron of honor. She wore a Caribbean blue chiffon dress embroidered on the bodice with sequins and beads, with a draped floor-length skirt. Her bouquet was a smaller version of the bride’s bouquet and she wore a multi-colored dragonfly pin that was a gift from the bride.
    Joshua Lewis, brother of the groom, was best man. Groomsmen were John Eisenbarth, Neil Hinkle and Jonathan Wojcik.
    Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed a reception in the rehearsal room on the third floor of the Averitt Center for the Arts.
    The wedding cake featured three diagonally arranged square tiers with ivory icing and blue trim and inscribed “Anywhere you go, let me go too”. The cake was topped with WALL-E and Eve dressed in wedding attire. The cake was made, decorated and served by the groom’s aunt.
    The groom’s cake was made and decorated by his mother with a “My favorite things” theme. Guest tables were decorated with small vases of blue hydrangeas, sheet music, theater tickets and photos of the bride and groom.
    The groom’s parents hosted a rehearsal dinner on the eve of the wedding at The Averitt Center.
    Prior to the nuptials, bridal showers were given for the couple by the bride’s aunt, Elizabeth Lewis, and by the bride’s co-workers.
    The couple left the reception for their honeymoon trip to Orlando, Florida, to visit Disney World and Universal Studios, and will be making their home in Portage, Michigan.