Trent Meek Yates of Nashville and Alexandra Kathleen Cowart of Oxford were married at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 6, 2011, at St. Paul Catholic Church in Vicksburg. Monsignor Patrick Farrell and the Rev. Carter Crenshaw officiated at the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Franklin Cowart Jr. of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Franklin Cowart and Mrs. Anthony Samuel Franco and the late Mr. Franco, all of Vicksburg.

The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hilliard Yates Jr. of Eupora. He is the grandson of Mrs. William Hilliard Yates and the late Mr. Yates and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buchanan Meek, all of Eupora.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride’s chosen colors were faded shades of pink, peach, yellow and ivory.

Maid of honor was Tara Brooke Sparks of Collierville, Tenn. Bridesmaids were Betsy Anthony Davis and Lauren Virginia Fordice, both of Dallas; Catherine Clarke Murphy of Houston, Texas; Claire Yates Bailey of Nashville; Dorothy Wohrman Yates of Memphis; Sarah Eaton DeClerk of Fayetteville, Ark.; Whitney Finn Greer of Richmond, Va.; McKenna Claire Mehle of Madisonville, La.; Mary Myers Franco of Vicksburg; Olivia Ratcliffe Hines and Leah Burnett Ivey, both of Madison; and Margaret Lee Jones and Chelsea Marietta Moore, both of Jackson.

The groom’s father served as best man. Groomsmen were William Jason Bailey, John Martin Cofer and Richard Franklin Cowart III, all of Oxford; Jeremy Hunter Bruss of Madison; Stevens Morrow Bailey of Chicago; Nathan Campbell Best Jr. of Atlanta; William Hilliard Yates III of Memphis; Jason Robert Bushby of Birmingham, Ala.; and Bryan Lamar Bailey, James Ewell Hart, James William Jacobs, Dr. Matthew Paul Landman and John Gabriel Roberts, all of Nashville.

Ushers were Barrett Christopher Bowerman of Oxford; Brent Allen Fletcher of Jackson; Mike Alan Jacobs of Nashville; James Joshua Grissom of Charleston, S.C.; and Drew Landon Snyder of Washington, D.C.

Flower girls were Haynes Marie Bailey of Nashville and Caroline Rowen Yates of Memphis. Ring bearers were George Marshall Bailey of Oxford and Zachary Allen Cowart of Vicksburg.

A reception hosted by the bride’s parents followed at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club.

For a wedding trip, the couple traveled to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. They will make their home in Nashville.