SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The wedding of Marjorie Brenda Knott and Charles Wilson Eastman was held on July 3 at St. Agnes Church in Point Loma, San Diego, Calif. The Rev. J. Collier officiated at the ceremony.
Mrs. Eastman is the daughter of Mike and Marlene Knott of Little Rock, Calif. Mr. Eastman is the son of Dr. Will and Martina Eastman of Jay.
The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a long gown with beaded spaghetti straps, beaded bodice and a train. Her veil was created by her mother and was fabric from her first community veil, edged with crystal beads. The bridegroom’s mother created her bouquet, which were miniature Calla roses, stephanotis and English ivy, which was copied from her bouquet 39 years ago.
The three maids of honor were sisters of the bride, Tracy Suggs, Lucille Dodge and Sarah Knott. The flower girls were Sarah Crowley and Ava Shearer, nieces of the bridegroom, and Danyielle Knott, niece of the bride.
The three best men were Nathan Maurais, long-time friend of the bridegroom, Will Eastman, father of the bridegroom, and Derek Nadalini, absent due to military obligations. Ring bearers were Dutch Dodge and Wyatt Knott, nephews of the bride, and Wilson Pegram, nephew of the bridegroom.
A reception followed at the Admiral Kidd Club in San Diego. The couple is residing in Ft. Mood in Texas and later to Ft. Riley in Kansas.
The bride received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California in San Diego and the University of London in England. She is an Army reserve military intelligence officer, who was assigned to Operation Iraqi Freedom, where she met her husband, also serving there. She is an information operations analyst in Omaha, Neb.
The bridegroom is a graduate of Jay High School, a U.S. Army Ranger, and a recent graduate of helicopter flight school, chief warrant officer, flying AM-64 Apache helicopters. He is a U.S. Army helicopter pilot stationed at Mt. Mood, before assignment to Ft. Riley in Kansas.
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