Acuff & HoffmanMary Newcomb Acuff and Joshua Gregory Hoffman were united in mariage on August 21, 2010

Mary Newcomb Acuff of Memphis, TN and Joshua Gregory Hoffman of Yazoo City were united in mariage at seven o’clock in the evening, August 21, 2010 at St. Peter Catholic Church in Memphis, TN. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Howard Colvett and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moseley Acuff, Jr. of Memphis, TN and the grand-daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Donnell James McCormack of Memphis, TN, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moseley Acuff of Montomery, AL. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Alvin Hoffman of Yazoo City and the grandson of Mrs. Vay Gregory McGraw and the late Mr. Thomas McGraw, Jr. and Mrs. Lola Marie Hoffman and the late Thomas Edward Hoffman, all of Yazoo City. Escorted by her father, the bride wore an August Jones strapless douppioni silk ivory gown, and an ivory heirloom lace veil. She wore a pearl necklace and bracelet, as well as pearl and diamond earrings, which were a gift from the groom. She carried a bouquet of white roses, hydrangeas and lillies. Her bridesmaids wore sage green strapless, floor length Jenny Yoo dresses. They carried bouquets of white lilies wrapped in lilac ribbon. The bride’s matron of honor was her sister, Heath Elrod, and the bride’s maid of honor was Caroline Murphy. The brides maids were Ashley Adams, Leslie Hill Martha Hollis, Hana Jenkins, Lena Kay Kent,

Elizabeth Marbury, Bess Mitchell, Becky Roberson, Megan Stout and Laurence Towner. The groom’s father, James Hoffman, was the Best Man, and the groomsmen were Conner Bills, Kyle Brannon, Chuck Dixon, Jay Hoffman, Hunter Hollingsworth, Joe Jenkins, Will Jones, Ernest Martin, Drew Richey, Sam Waller and Finley Ward. The bride’s nephew, John Elrod, Jr. and the groom’s nephew, Jonathan Hoffman, served as the ring bearers. The rehearsal dinner was given by the groom’s parents at the Memphis Hunt and Polo Club. A reception followed the ceremony at the Hughes Pavilioon at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens. The band, Party Planet, entertained the guest under a white tent attached to the pavilion. The bride’s cake was a four tier cake, with asage green grosgrain ribbon around each layer and roses in between each layer and on top of the cake. The groom’s cake was a basset hound cake that repre-sented “George,” the groom’s dog. Chocolate covered strawberries surrounded the cake, and “George” wore an Ole Miss collar to repre-sent the Alma Mater of the bride and groom. Following their honeymoon to Palm Island in the Grenadines, the couple now resides in Birmingham, AL, where the bride is a data ana-lyst at Regions Bank and the groom is the Sales and Marketing Manager at Mason Corporation.

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