October 6, 2019
Seguin, TX
#JumpinTheBroom
Mike & Malii
Wedding Party
#JumpinTheBroom | In some African-American communities, marrying couples will end their ceremony by jumping over a broomstick, either together or separately. This practice is well attested for as a marriage ceremony for enslaved blacks in the Southern U.S. in the 1840s and 1850s who were often not permitted to wed legally. One folklorist has noted the unusual development of how "a custom which slaves were forced to observe by their white masters has been revived a century later by African Americans as a treasured tradition".
Micheal Lee Witten
Groom
They call him- Brother to the Night
Malii Watts Carolyn
Bride
Single life got cancelled, but that Body Don't Quit!
Mae Gene Watts
Mother of the Bride
She get it from her Mama!
Martha Singleton
Mother of the Groom
"Martha, Martha, Martha!" - Jan, The Brady Bunch
Ed Singleton
Father of the Groom
Elmer Lee Brown
Father of the Bride
Joe Singleton
Brother of the Groom
Mike + Joe have been best friends and brothers since Nirvana was still a thing.
Rena Singleton
Sister of the Groom
She calls him Stick Boy because he used to be tall and lanky. He makes fun of her for ever believing that non-fat bacon was a thing.
Layla Melai Witten
Flower Girl & General Manager
For all the days along the way