Wright - Carroll
Doris Jean Wright and Gregory Allen Carroll exchanged marriage vows at 3 p.m. Aug. 10, 2002, at Peace Lutheran Church in Manhattan.
The Rev. Marie Davis of Covington, Ga., officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Lawrence G. and Betty E. Wright of Topeka. The bridegroom is the son of George Carroll and Mary Carroll, both of Denver.
Deborah Peek Crockett, Atlanta, was matron of honor. The bridesmaid was Trinity Wright, Shawnee.
Tim Hoyman, Aurora, Colo., was best man. Tim Carroll, Lincoln, Neb., was the groomsman.
Tania Carroll, Lincoln, Neb., was the flower girl.
The Adam Thiesen Brass Quintet of Manhattan played the prelude and the wedding recessional.
Musicians who also played during the marriage service were Darryl White, Lincoln, on trumpet and Maurice Wright, Kankakee, Ill., on organ, piano and flute.
LaBarbara Wigfall served as griot for their African-American "jumping the broom" ceremony prior to the close of the church marriage service.
A reception followed at the newlyweds' Tuttle Creek Lake home at Manhattan.
The bride is a graduate of Topeka High School and Kansas State University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and master's degree in education. She earned a doctorate degree in counseling psychology at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She is an associate professor in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Kansas State University.
The groom is a graduate of East High School in Denver, the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley with bachelor's and master's degrees in music education. He is the director of education for the International Association of Jazz Education.
The newlyweds honeymooned at Isla de Mujueres, Mexico.
They reside in Manhattan.
