
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, April 7, 1991                   TAG: 9104080221
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LAW-KEPLEY

Elizabeth Youmans Kepley and Steven James Law were married April 6, 1991 in Saint Mark's Lutheran Church, Roanoke, Virginia. The Reverend Stuart McAlpine and the Reverend John C. Kepley officiated. The bride is the daughter of the Reverend and Mrs. John Charles Kepley of Roanoke. The groom is the son of Mrs. James McKnight Law and the late Dr. Law of Oakland, California. The bride was given in marriage by her father.

Mrs. James Todd Blackwell of Alexandria, was her sister's matron of honor. Attendants were Mrs. John Charles Kepley II of Roanoke, Mrs. John Fisher of Columbia, South Carolina, Mrs. Andrew Hagelin of Vienna, Virginia, and Mrs. Clifton L. Spence III of Woodbridge, Virginia. The flower girl was Miss Hannah Ruth Youmans of Mobile, Alabama.

Honorary attendants were Mrs. Brian Baker of Fredricksburg, Virginia, Miss Joan Keating of Arlington, Virginia, Mrs. Robert Laverty of Fairfax, Virginia, Miss Shannon O'Chester of Arlington, Virginia, Mrs. Clarence Thomas of Alexandria, Virginia, Miss Suzanne Ulmer of Arlington, Virginia, and Mrs. John Yoest of Alexandria, Virginia.

Mr. Richard Alan Law of Richmond, Virginia was his brother's best man. Groomsmen were Mr. John Charles Kepley II of Roanoke and Mr. Stephen Carter Nave Kepley of Grand Rapids, Michigan, brothers of the bride, and Mr. Benjamin LaRue, Junior of Louisville, Kentucky. Junior groomsmen were Master Carter Brown Youmans and Master Taylor Brown Youmans of Mobile, Alabama.

Mrs. Law is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School and Mary Washington College, Fredricksburg, Virginia with a B.A. in History and Art History. She is the Director of Government Relations for the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C. Mr. Law graduated from Head-Royce Schools, Oakland, California and the University of California at Davis. He received a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbia University School of Law in New York. He is the Chief of Staff of United States Senator Mitch McConnell, Washington, D.C.

The reception was held at Roanoke Country Club. Following a wedding trip, the couple will reside on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

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