Wedding Party
Emily Owens
Matron of Honor
Erin’s older (and only) sister and built-in best friend growing up! Some of their favorite memories together include: summers at the beach, traveling together, and the time Emily dumped apple sauce on Erin’s head. Currently, Emily lives in Virginia with her husband Alex Owens; some of her hobbies include caring for her and her husband's bearded dragon and collecting any type of key chain, magnet, or mug from traveling.
Nathan Welch
Best Man
Jackson's older brother owns the Lenovo Center in Raleigh, NC, but he chooses to work there at a lower level until he finishes filming his Undercover Boss episode. Jackson's built-in rival has been trying to beat Jackson at board games for years but has had sporadic success. He said he grew his hair out to gain the strength of Sampson, only time will tell...
Abby Welch
Bridesmaid
Abby is Jackson's younger sister and a talented artist (she drew the portrait for the guest book!). She enjoys occasional hikes and telling people how amazing Jackson is. She always tells everyone how awesome and talented Jackson is and how highly she thinks of him. What a great sister!
David Teague
Groomsman
David is one of Jackson's best friends from college and was his Bible study leader throughout. He is known for constantly fixing his hair and having delusions that any given sports team from North Carolina will be "good this year." He is often referred to as "King David" by his friends, but we would expect King David to be taller and darker, given his reputation, but that is neither here nor there.
Abby Rollins
Bridesmaid
Abby is one of Erin’s closest friends. They met in Alexis and Ashley’s Bible study during their freshman year of college, and led a Bible study together for two years. She is famously known for being directionally challenged, specifically when she accidentally drove onto a Space Force Base. Another one of her many talents is singing; one of her favorites to sing is Rattlin' Bog.
Ben Durant
Groomsman
Ben is Jackson's college roommate, good friend, and the MC for the wedding. The two have also been mutual therapists for each other in the past. He is an aspiring youth/college ministry pastor, and it's a fitting ambition considering he is good at every pick-up sport you can imagine and loves backpacking. The only thing missing is him being on a podcast. He even has the Christian tattoos!
Bailey Jones
Bridesmaid
Bailey Jones, Erin’s roommate of basically four years, and her other half when it comes to parenting Baby aka Godzilla (pictured above). Erin and Bailey met on a plane while flying to Kansas City, and since then, they have experienced every major and minor life event together. Bailey enjoys any activity that involves Godzilla, dad hobbies, and debriefing about anything.
Eric Spaugh
Groomsman
Eric is Jackson's other college roommate, an avid bike rider, and a sports statistics enthusiast. He recently received his Master's degree in accounting, and you can tell this because it is rare to have a conversation with him where he doesn't break something down by a process or introduce numbers or probability factoring into all of his decisions. He is getting married a month before we are, and has helped Jackson think through numbers and math more than he ever did in college in preparation for it.
Alexis Asbury
Bridesmaid
Alexis is one of Erin’s closest friends and was one of her two Bible study leaders throughout college. Erin and Alexis met in a COVID test line, Erin’s freshman year of college, and the rest is history! Alexis enjoys the simpler things in life, like cup stacking, Spanish lattes, and celebrating scurvy awareness week.
Keeper Mountain
Groomsman
Keeper is one of Jackson's childhood best friends. There are many memories of going to play games at the Mountains' house nearly every week that they became known as Jackson's second family. Keeper takes the meaning of his name very seriously, as he does not give up anything he has easily. There is also a question of whether or not his name carries a deeper meaning and he is the keeper of dark government secrets, but I guess we'll never know.
Ashley Stanfield
Bridesmaid
Ashley is one of Erin’s closest friends and was the second half of Erin’s two Bible study leaders in college. If Ashley could have three wishes come true, they would be to live in a Barbie dreamhouse, have basketball season all year long, and always have time to get a sweet treat in the evening.
Jacob Creswell
Groomsman
Jacob is one of Jackson's childhood best friends. He left his home in North Carolina and dragged his wife to Alaska so he could pursue his dream of ice fishing. The beautiful mountains and landscape have become an afterthought to him, as supporting a family ice fishing is hard, and we're not sure why he did it. He and Jackson, along with Keeper, grew to enjoy very nerdy and long board games, or was that just an excuse to hang out?
Ellia Jones
Wedding Planner
Ellia Jones (not related to Bailey Jones) is so much more than a wedding planner. Erin and Ellia met this year in Alexis and Ashley’s Bible study! Ellia has such a true gift for wedding planning and has been such a blessing to Erin and Jackson while they plan their wedding! They are so grateful for Ellia and could not have planned their wedding without her!
Jack Ross
Ring Bearer