The marriage of Rebecca Lauren Jabour and David Ray Coulon was celebrated on the evening of June 2 in a candlelight ceremony at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Vicksburg. The Rev. David Augustus Elliott III officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wayne Jabour of Vicksburg. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Joseph Coulon Jr. of Brandon.
Nuptial music was presented by Darcie Bishop, trumpeter; Dorothy Brasfield. organist; Lara Clement, violinist; Allan Lessem, flutist; and Jordan Lynch, soloist. Readers were Amy Olsen Inman and Lee Davis Thames Jr.
Escorted by her brother and given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a designer ball gown of ivory duchesse satin. The dropped waistline with a strapless ruched bodice was laced in the back and fell into a full skirt with box pleats and a chapel-length train. Silver embroidered trim encrusted with seed pearls and crystals accented the neckline and waist. She wore a fingertip veil of silk illusion. She carried a classical nosegay of white miniature calla lilies and Eskimo roses surrounded by white hydrangeas. Tiny rhinestone clusters interspersed the design, which was wrapped with satin ribbon.
Attending the bride as matrons of honor were Gareth Gilliland Lampkin and Alinda Guynes McGowin. Bridesmaids were Katherine Dement Bailess, Sally Elizabeth Barnes, Lindsay Hand Burgess, Megan Marie Cook, Rachel Jolly Jett, Leigh Rector Lusk, Elizabeth Pogue Malone, Laura Latham Montgomery and Stacey Cash Thames. They wore strapless gowns of European satin in sage green with sable sashes. The bridesmaids carried nosegays of hot-pink peonies surrounded by lime-green hydrangeas.
Honorary bridesmaids were Amber Middleton Coulon, Kristin Olsen Pankopf and Sandra Coulon Price. They each wore a knee-length, two-piece chess in sable-colored taffeta featuring a wide ribbon belt in sage green.
The bridegroom’s father and John Alexander Scott served as best men. Groomsmen were Oren DeVaughn Bailess III, Bo Hall Bounds, Leslie Taylor Burwell, Matthew Scott Coulon, George Kahlil Dahduh, Eric Alan Hallberg, John Taylor Jabour, Jason Wayne Sibley and Jeffery Monroe Walker. Garner Lamar Hickman and Amzi Godden Thames were ushers.
Program attendants were Ellen Kinley Caldwell and Angela Suzanne Kurtz.
Following the ceremony, the bride’s parents gave a reception in the ballroom of the B’nai B’rith Literary Club. Guests were entertained by the music of These Days featuring Jewel Bass and Raphael Semmes.
On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents entertained the bridal party and out-of-town family and friends with a rehearsal dinner at The Vicksburg. Earlier that day, the bridesmaids luncheon was held at the home of Marianna Field. Co-hostesses were Margaret Allen. Linda Harris, Bettye Payne and Pat Pierce.
On the day of the wedding, the bridegroom and his groomsmen were honored with a luncheon hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Lance Boswell, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Caldwell, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Mazzanti at the Caldwell home.
After a wedding trip to St. Lucia, the couple lives in Brandon. She is a buyer and sales associate with Great Scott Clothing Store, and he is owner of Arborview Homes and A&L Properties.