Sometimes the one you’re meant to be with is someone you’ve known all along. Although Morgan Hall and McLane Poteet were acquaintances growing up in Poplar Bluff, Mo., they didn’t become romantically involved until much later. “We didn’t really hang out until college,” Morgan says. “We just came home one Christmas break and went on a date.”
A year-and-a-half later, in March 2012, McLane proposed at his family’s condo in Destin, Fla. “He actually proposed on the same bench where we had decided to officially become boyfriend and girlfriend the year before,” Morgan says.
The couple was married at a June destination wedding at The Ritz-Carlton Lodge at the Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Ga. Guests arrived Friday for an outdoor rehearsal dinner served on long, candlelit tables nestled in a grove of trees. They took advantage of the lodge’s activities, which included swimming, golfing, water sports and a spa. “We had a big lunch out at the pool for guests, and everybody got to hang out before the wedding,” she says. “We kind of took over the resort.”
Vows were exchanged lakeside, under a flower-covered pergola. At the reception, guests enjoyed red velvet and vanilla cream wedding cake with strawberries and danced to The Platinum Band from Atlanta. Morgan surprised her new husband with a groom’s cake in the shape of a bass fish. “McLane loves fishing, and I actually caught my first fish with him”, she says. “Next to the cake, we placed the photo of me with that first fish”.
The Poteets live in St. Louis, where Morgan is a pharmacy resident at St. Luke’s Hospital and McLane is a vice president at Sterling Bank.
[wedding party]
Bride’s Parents | Mark & Sabra Hall, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Groom’s Parents | Jana & Travis Brown, Poplar Bluff; Ken Poteet, St. Louis
Matron of Honor | Kristen Sheubrooks
Bridesmaids | Alli Poteet, Crystal Hall, Liz Cannon, Miele Stuckey, Danielle Forrest, Hope Cruse, Hope Hillis, Molly Landers, Brooke Talkington
Best Man | Corey Poteet
Groomsmen | Mikhail Stith, Nick Stith, Seth Blackwell, Kyle Luecke, Scott Miceli, Haden Crumpton, Ryan Olson, Mike Blassie, Jon Blassie
[resources]
Gown | Monique Lhuillier from Town & Country Bridal
Caterer | The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation
Florist | Designs by Kent, Kent Duffey of Eatonton, Ga.
Ceremony Music | Axtell Strings
Honeymoon | Four Seasons Maui
By Stephanie Zeilenga
Photos by Christy Steadman & Jennifer Bolling of Picsee Studio
