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Elliott - Harper
Mary Katherine (Katie) Harper and Carl David Elliott were married on Saturday, July 10, 2004, at Carrboro United Methodist Church in Carrboro. Dr. Carl Rush, First Presbyterian Church of Sanford, performed the ceremony. The reception followed at The Sheraton Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill.
Mary Katherine is the daughter of Anna Katherine Harper of Poolesville, Maryland, and the granddaughter of the late Mike and Mary Harper of Sanford. She graduated in 1998 from the Global Ecology Advanced Program at Poolesville High School in Poolesville, Maryland. She graduated with honors double majoring in Biology and Microbiology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh in December 2001, and completed her Masters in Biological Sciences at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May 2004.
David is the son of Michael Elliott of Boone and Glenn and Beverly Griffin of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, formerly of Durham. He is a paramedic and has been working in the Intensive Care Unit and Critical Care Unit of Jefferson Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The bride's attendants were Debbie Tobin of Syracuse, New York, and Spaine Stephens of Greenville. The flower girl was Bell Hassol, daughter of the best man.
The groomsmen were Ben Hassol and Antwain Parker of Durham. The ring bearers were Cole and Chaz Plachter of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Lou Cooper of Newland, aunt of the bride, read the wisdom of Dr. Seuss's Oh the Places You Will Go.
Music was provided by pianist Julie Perez and violinist Sherry Buchheit of Durham. The soloist was Michele Plachter, mother of the ring bearers.
The couple will spend their honeymoon on board The Tahitian Princess visiting the French Polynesian Islands. When they return, they will be living in Glendale, Arizona, where Mary Katherine will be attending medical school, and David will be attending massage therapy college.
