Sydney & Stewart

June 7, 2025 • Marietta, GA
49 Days To Go!

Sydney & Stewart

June 7, 2025 • Marietta, GA
49 Days To Go!

Wedding Party

Cheyenne Keyser Gallagher
Cheyenne Keyser Gallagher - Matron of Honor
Cheyenne and Sydney met while rushing their college coed marching band fraternity when Chey almost instantly decided, "we are going to be friends". Syd fell in love Cheyenne’s fun and loving personality and her desire to prioritize fast food runs together above all else. Syd also has Chey to thank for an abundance of stories and college experiences that made her time at UGA a fond one to look back on (thanks, Chey). A classic-ride-or-die friend, this girl is an authority on colorful design, lover of drag, and fills any room she walks into with glamor and personality!
Phillip Hicks
Phillip Hicks - Best Man
Phil and Stew met in San Diego at the beginning of their first sea tour at a class for new surface warfare officers. It took a week or two to get Phil to stop calling Stew “sir”, but after that, they became great friends. Over the following two years they were side by side through all the ups and downs of qualifying to lead Sailors at sea. From Ominato to Okinawa, Japan they've experienced late nights tearing up the town in Sasebo or just chilling, watching Brooklyn 99, and talking about life. Phil has been there for Stew through it all!
Keelie Bolton
Keelie Bolton - Bridesmaid
Keelie and Syd met while teaching at Delta’s Training Center and quickly became an inseparable match. Often times, coworkers would see one of the two and ask where the other was and have been described, by a student, as each other’s “peanut butter & jelly”. The two spent so much time teaching together that Sydney took on a charming mannerism of Keelie, with Stew and Syd affectionately dubbing it "The Keelz". Keelie, hilariously quick witted and creative, is mom to her pup, Bernard, and has a resourceful spirit that has Sydney convinced that she could either win Survivor or take over the world… whichever comes first.
Nick Holcomb
Nick Holcomb - Groomsman
Stew met Nick the day they checked into their first unit in Pensacola, Florida, fresh from their respective universities. Even though their work didn’t have them cross paths often, their serendipitous meeting led to a treasured friendship outside of work. Through game nights, DnD, ultimate frisbee, and so much more, not even the Navy sending them to opposite sides of the Pacific could stop them from being pals. When Stew returned from his tour in Japan, Nick and his wonderful wife Misty took Stew in as he looked for more permanent living arrangements. All in all, Stew couldn’t ask for a better friend.
Casey Lemmings
Casey Lemmings - Bridesmaid
Casey and Syd were in college marching band together, both playing the clarinet, and clicked when they realized they shared a history of playing the obscure computer game series based on the Nancy Drew series (#cluecrewmembers4lyfe). One of Sydney's favorite quirks of Casey is her frighteningly impressive memory, able to whip out quotes from movies and tv shows that make Sydney question everything she has ever said in front of Casey before. Both a lover of books and writing, the only thing that surpasses Casey’s extensive reading list is her impressive friend list. Sydney is proud to be on that list.
Laura Baker
Laura Baker - Groomswoman
Not much to say about Stew’s little sister. She was a straight A student when they were growing up, was in the magnet program in high school, and won the Student Daisy Award for being an ‘extraordinary nursing student’. But don’t let that fool you, Stew is DEFINITELY the smarter one (seriously, just take Stew's word for it) with Laura admiring her older brother so much so that she followed in his footsteps to Ole Miss (once again, take his word). Stew looks forward to having his sister stand next to him on his wedding day, knowing that she will be watching and admiring him with a single glittering tear in her eye, as she has done their whole lives (It'll be there, you'll all see).
Rachel Johnson
Rachel Johnson - Officiant
Rachel, Sydney’s older sister, will be officiating the wedding. Ray is one of those people who just knows how to do the most random and cool stuff, like create a Xenomorph costume from the 1979 flick "Alien". How cool is that? Knowing that Rachel is talented at most things, Syd and Stew figured, "hey, she's already got a million other responsibilities, what's one more?" and asked her to officiate the wedding. The engaged pair are thrilled that Ray has agreed to be part of their wedding in this special way and look forward to getting married in the neighborhood where the three of them have all spent quite a bit of time together.