Dr. Emily Cristen Taylor and Dr. Houston Frederick Graves were married at the Chapel of the Transfiguration in the Grand Tetons at Jackson Hole, WY on August 14, 2010. Reverend Robert Beasley from Camden, Tenn., officiated.
Dr. Taylor is the daughter of Robert Glenn and Mary Alice Taylor of Point Clear. Dr. Graves is the son of Charles Frederick and Charles Rebecca Graves III of Batesville, Miss. His maternal grandparents are Mrs. Joan L. Houston of Batesville, Miss.,and the late Charles R. Houston. Paternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. (“ Buddy”) Graves .The bride's paternal grandparents are the late Wiley Wickes and Callie Duncan Taylor of West Point, Miss. Maternal grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. Emery (“Jim”) DeWitt Wooten, Sr. of West Point, Miss.
Attending the bride as matron of honor was her sister, Mary Carole Jackson of Jasper, Ala. Serving the groom as best man was his father, Charles Frederick Graves, III, of Batesville, Miss. The groom's two sisters, Carlyle Graves Thomas and Jordan Graves Howell stood up in honor of their brother as grooms-ladies.
The bride and groom had very close family and friends in attendance to witness the ceremony and enjoy a wonderful weekend in the mountains. Fred and Charlie Beck Graves hosted a rehearsal dinner on Friday evening under the outdoor pavilion of the Jackson Golf & Tennis Club at the base of the Tetons. All wedding guests were included in the rehearsal dinner and enjoyed a seated dinner with entre selections of halibut or filets.
After the wedding ceremony on Saturday afternoon at 2p.m., a reception was held at the POLAR X RANCH home in Jackson Hole.
Dr. Emily Graves attended Tulane University in New Orleans, LA and then Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston Salem, NC, graduating in 2007. Dr. Houston Graves attended the University of Missippi in Oxford, Miss, the University of Missippi School of Law passing the Miss bar exam in 2003, and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine, graduating in 2007. Drs. Graves and Graves returned to Memphis, TN, where they are completing their respective residencies in Ophthalmology and Radiology.
