Frances Orine Meade

Dearly Beloved and Honored Guests,

We are gathered together here to join Katy Nelms and Bernia Barnett in the spiritual union of marriage.

This contract is not to be entered into lightly but thoughtfully and seriously, and with a deep realization of its obligations and responsibilities. Please remember that love, loyalty, and understanding are the foundations of a happy and enduring home.

Katy Nelms and Bernia Barnett will now share their vows.

*(Vows)*

Do you Katy Nelms take this woman Bernia Barnett to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Do you Bernia Barnett take this woman Katy Nelms to be your lawfully wedded partner, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself unto her for as long as you both shall live?

*(Wait for Confirmation)*

Katy Nelms and Bernia Barnett will now exchange rings as a symbol of their love and commitment.

*(Ring Exchange)*

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Tennessee I now pronounce you wife and wife!