Location: Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel 
   Leigh Anne knew she wanted to be married in this chapel long before she met Jay. In fact, it could be say Jay was a means to an end for her, since the first thought that ran through her head while he was proposing to her was "Yay, now I can be married in that glass chapel in Bella Vista".  Of course her second thought was " I guess I better say yes to him, he looks so sad sitting on one knee waiting for my answer". And so she said yes. And now we are getting married in a glass chapel in Bella Vista. The chapel was designed by famed architect Faye Jones and sits on a "mountain" (by Arkansas standards) surrounded by beautiful forests and a large natural lake. Click on the name above for the chapel's website, and don't forget to come back later as we post more pictures of the chapel before and after the wedding.   

Minister: Pat Monk
   Pat is Jay's uncle who lives in Kilgore Texas with his wife Kathy who is David's sister.  He is a fun loving uncle who always likes to refer to Jay as "Jay Patrick" since he is where Jay got his middle name. Jay and Leigh Anne recently visited the Monks in Texas and visited the church where Pat is the Minister of Education and had a great time learning about the Epperhart family.  Pat recently had the privilege to minister his own son's wedding.

Prelude Music: Class Acts String Quartet
    Our prelude music will be performed by a Northwest Arkansas string quartet.  While a few of our musical selections will be classical (or as Leigh Anne puts it: "cliché" ) wedding fare, we wanted to add a few different songs that helped define us.  A few of the songs you might recognize, although they will be new to a string quartet, while others you will probably enjoy but have no idea where they came from.  If you want a preview of our music, check out the Audio and Video section for mp3s of a few of our selections.

Special Music: Shannon Shirley (vocal), Leah Epperhart (French horn), and Kevin Brewer (piano)
    At various times during the ceremony we will have musical interludes performed by our friends and family. You can find a number of these pieces in the Audio section on this site.

Photography: Photography by Melissa
  Melissa did the photo's for Leigh Anne's brother's wedding and they were exactly the type of photos Leigh Anne wanted for her wedding. We are delighted the Melissa will drive up to Bella Vista for our wedding and we know the pictures will be wonderful.

Videographer: Keepsake Visuals
  Jenn's parents operate a wedding video company and we have asked them to record our wedding.  Over the past year we have filmed at numerous locations for our "Love Story" video and scanned over 175 photos of our respective childhoods for another video. Each of these videos will be played at the rehearsal dinner. Finally, when we return from our honeymoon Jay will help them redesign their website to include demo videos for people to download.