Rachel Kathryn Lewand and Ashton Charles Pearson Jr. were recently united in marriage at Oxford-University United Methodist Church.

She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lee Lewand Jr., of Oxford, formerly of Jackson. The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ashton Charles Pearson of Oxford.

Rev. Warren Black officiated the double ring ceremony. Nuptial music was provided by organist, Jason Derrick, and soloist, Katherine Bryant. Scripture readers were Larkin and Jenny Ruth Kennedy.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of ivory satin. The strapless bodice was trimmed in delicate crystals and seed pearls. The fitted waistline fell into a full skirt featuring drapes of ruched satin encircling the gown sweeping into a chapel-length train. She wore a chapel-length veil of illusion trimmed in silver threading. The bride carried a hand tied bouquet of white hydrangeas, blush roses, and stephanotis wrapped in her mother’s handkerchief from her wedding day.

Attending the bride as maid of honor was Meredith Rebecca Cleland.

Bridesmaids were Sarah Hinton Lewand, sister-in-law of the bride; Katherine O’Neill Clark; Karen Bambury Harris; Sara Barrett Harvey; Meghan Householder Feltenstein; Audrey Hogue Page; and Katherine Mitch Stanley.

The bridegroom’s father was best man. Groomsmen were Matthew Jason Pearson, brother of the bridegroom; Raymond Lee Lewand III, brother of the bride; William Jason Bailey; Benjamin Thomas Boatright; Jon Paul Coleman; Matthew Anderson Hodges; John Taylor Jabour; and Charles Jonathan Mitchell Walker. Joshua Tanner Harris and Guy Brad Feltenstein were ushers.

The flower girl was Elysa Marie Schroeder. Preston Francis Lewand, nephew of the bride, was the ring bearer. Program attendants were Rebekah Britt Turner and Grace Gregory Orman.

The bride’s parents hosted a reception at the Oxford University Club, where guests danced to music by the Krackerjacks.

On the eve of the wedding, the bridegroom’s parents honored the couple with a rehearsal dinner at the Downtown Grill overlooking the historic Oxford Square.

After a wedding trip to Jamaica, the couple is at home in Oxford.