Brook Ellen Cannon and Brian McCloud, both of Sumter, S.C., were united in marriage at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013, at Southbrook Plantation in Sumter.
The bride is the daughter of Ms. Emma Lee White Cannon and Dr. Jimmie Dale Cannon Jr., both of Sumter, and the granddaughter of the late Henry Eugene Owens and Mrs. Mary Ellen Owens of Sumter and Joseph LaRoach Rivers of Charleston. She is a 2006 honor graduate of Wilson Hall, attended the College of Charleston for prereq coursework and graduated cum laude from the Medical University of South Carolina with a bachelor of science in nursing in 2010. She is employed by Carilion Clinic Neurosurgery in Roanoke, Va., as a clinic nurse.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dale McCloud, and the grandson of Mrs. Ruby Nichols and the late William Edward Nichols and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lanton McCloud, all of Sumter. He graduated from Sumter High School in 2004, Central Carolina Technical College with an associate’s degree in civil engineering technology in 2007 and Clemson University in 2010 with a bachelor of science in civil engineering. He is employed as a civil engineer for AMEC, an industrial construction company out of Tucker, Ga.
The Rev. Edward Carlisle Lavendar Jr. officiated at the ceremony.
Music was provided by Cameron Kloot, bagpiper; Frank Fickling, guitarist; Michael Baier, cellist; Brandi Sloan, violinist; and Ms. Emma Lee White Cannon, soloist.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore a silk shantung gown with a bubble hem and swirled silk skirt with a sweetheart neckline embellished with pearls and crystal jewels. She carried a lush combination of white patience garden roses, kiera garden roses, O’hara garden roses, white ranunculus, white majolica spray roses and cream lisianthus.
Mrs. Mandi Logan Wilson served as matron of honor with Emily Jane Benson as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Alyssa Caroline Lennard, Leslie Cameron Caneda, Alix Whitney Pommerenke, Eden Claire Barkley, Kathryn Brooke McCloud, sister of the bridegroom, Jessica Elizabeth McCloud and Jennifer Carolyn Laino. Junior Bridesmaid was Madison Gail White. Flower girls were Anna Louise Spigner and Dellaney Elizabeth Spigner.
Thomas Edward Price served as best man. Groomsmen were Brandon Allen Burke, Jordan Chandler Cannon, brother of the bride, Glenn Dale McCloud, Jonathan Edward Flinchum, Jeffrey Moore Fralick Jr., John Bingley Hilton III, Kelly Ray Knopf Jr., Ernest Lee Johnston and Robert Aaron Wells.
Ring bearers were Edward Carlisle Lavendar IV and Nicholas Lee White.
The reception was given by the bride’s parents at her home, Southbrook Plantation in Sumter.
The rehearsal dinner was given by the bridegroom’s parents at Southbrook Plantation.
Following the wedding, the couple traveled to Playa De Carmen in Mexico for their honeymoon.