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WEDDINGS
Becca Brady, Jim Drennen, Mary and Glen Screws and Bridget Drennen.
Elevating Education
The premier fundraising event for Better Basics, Love for Literacy offered guests “a better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
The sixth annual gala took place Feb. 15 at the Regions Field Ballroom, co-hosted by WVTM 13. Emcees for the evening were WVTM anchor Eunice Elliott and meteorologist Stephanie Walker.
In addition to music, a silent auction and dinner, a sold out crowd of about 350 guests participated in prizewinning games such as a wine pull, bourbon toss and Ring Bling raffle.
Co-chairs for this year’s event were board members Kit Deason and Wilson Nash, as well as junior board co-chairs Annalisa Beavers and Margaret Vinsant.
Funds raised by the event will benefit Better Basics’ literacy programs and its new mathematics program. ❖
Maggie and Lana Olson.
Roman BRantley
aRt, antiques Gifts & DecoR
Open Tues. - Fri. 10:30-5:00 pm Sat. 10:30-2:30 pm 2790 BM Montgomery Street Homewood, AL • 205.460.1224 Bubba and Ginny Willings with Kate and Roland Short.
Alisa Boone and Anne Giraud. Bryan Green and Kayan Danley.
Robert Thompson and Megan Dowling. Mindy Dennis and Whitney Hill.
Seeger-Bruno
Maggie Ann Seeger and Christopher Benjamin Bruno were married July 27, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. Paul with the Rev. Gerald Holloway officiating. The couple was presented a papal blessing from Pope Francis at the conclusion of the ceremony. A reception followed at The Club’s Grand Ballroom.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Mitchell Seeger of Mountain Brook. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Richard Seeger of Minnetonka, Minnesota, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bernard Vetrano of Birmingham.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Bruno of Vestavia Hills. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ben F. Bruno and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph John Milazzo, all of Vestavia Hills.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a custom-made, allbeaded French Alençon lace gown with a sweetheart neckline by Augusta Jones. Her lace illusion back was accentuated with covered buttons that cascaded into her train. She wore a custom-made cathedral veil with crystal beaded French Alençon lace.
Katherine Marie Seeger, sister of the bride, was maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Mary Parker Bruno, Abigail Morgan Conzemius, Morgan Elizabeth Conzemius, Sarah Elizabeth Dawson, Catherine Angelo Harrison, Carrie Juliano Laney, Halle Jane Neely, Katherine Dabney Powell, Grace Anne Reed, Sarah Braslow Rudolph and Sarah Katherine Woodhull. Flower girls were Karoline Alexis Juliano and Hadley Rae Reed.
John Paul Bruno and Joseph Vincent Bruno, brothers of the groom, were best men.
Groomsmen were Vincent Lawrence Angelo, Dominick Mark Bertella, Austin Frank Boyd, William Henderson Brantley, Joseph Donald Harrison, Stephen Benjamin Reed, Christopher Jacob Shrader, William Allen Simco, and Aaron Matthew Wolf. The ring bearer was Paul Michael Juliano Jr.
After a honeymoon trip to Sandals Ochi Beach Resort, the couple live in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Wald-Byrne
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Griner Wald III of Homewood announce the engagement of their daughter, Evelyn “Eve” Virginia Wald, to Robert Remsen Byrne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly James Byrne of Mountain Brook.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Evelyn Scott Gurak of Vestavia Hills and the late Mr. Stan Gurak, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Griner Wald Jr. of Vestavia Hills.
Miss Wald is a graduate of Vestavia Hills High School. She graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design and was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority. She is employed with Digital Pharmacist in Austin, Texas.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Jane Bromberg Byrne of Mountain Brook and the late Mr. Paul Matthew Byrne, and the late Mr. and Mrs. James Wiley Hudlow of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Mr. Byrne is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School. He graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in building science and was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. He is employed with Robins & Morton in Birmingham and currently based in Austin, Texas.
The wedding is planned for March 21.
