Tanner Williams
Grace Claffey
Tanner Williams
Grace Claffey
April 26, 2025
Travel
Hotel
Springhill Suites
This hotel is located in downtown Columbia on The Vista! It is a 35 minute drive to the venue with plenty of shopping and fun places to eat surrounding it!
Hotel
Hilton Columbia Center
This hotel is located in downtown Columbia! It is a 35 minute drive to the venue and has a ton of amenities!
Registry
Williams and Sonoma
Amazon
Wedding Party
Nicole Tinkham
Maid of Honor
Grace and Nicole were matched as random roommates sophomore year in their first college apartment! The rest was history! They have been best friends through college! Our favorite memories include dance to Taylor Swift and eating Kraft Mac n' Cheese!
Mathis Kreuzburg
Bridesmaid
Mathis and Grace, along with Nicole, were matched as random roommates sophomore year of college! They're favorite memories of each other usually involve Grace's famous raccoon pose and the night everyone took Grace to Taylor Swift night at one of our favorite college bars!
Mary Fate Farnum
Bridesmaid
Mary Fate and Grace met junior year of college during Byzantine History class (at 8:30 in the morning!) Our favorite memory together is sitting in the Starbucks parking lot after cram studying for our Byzantine History midterm for hours and wondering if anyone would ever marry us!
Holly Gentry
Bridesmaid
Grace worked for Holly as a nanny for her little girl, Parker, for a little over two years. Throughout those two years, Grace lived with Holly for a summer and became like a sister to her (and vice versa!) Our favorite memories together include watch trashy reality T.V. during naptimes, movie nights, and anything and everything having to do with Taylor Swift!
Anastasia Javoris
Bridesmaid
Grace and Anastasia met senior year of college through Mathis and Nicole! When Grace moved in with Tanner, Anastasia quickly became one her best friends and a "sister wife" coming over for dinner and laundry/movie nights multiple nights a week! Of their favorite memories together is having book club in a tiny room on the boat on the lake during a mini monsoon!
Julia Peck
Bridesmaid
Julia and Grace and met when they were in 6th grade at youth group! Julia and Grace grew up going to the same summer camps and doing the same mission trips through high school! They both went to USC freshman year and spent all of their time together! They have too many favorite memories to share on here but the best to share is the first night Grace met Tanner. Julia sat in her car with it running for four hours ready to come save her if she needed!
Kristen Maxwell Claffey
Bridesmaid
Kristen is Grace's sister-in-law!
Leslie Fowler
Bridesmaid
Leslie is Grace's future sister-in-law!
Parker Gentry
Flower Girl
Grace nannied Parker for 2 years. She was 7 months old when Grace met her and Parker has had the biggest impact on her! She is so excited to include Parker in the big day festivites!
Tucker Williams
Best Man
Tucker is the Best Man and Groom's brother!
Hunter Holland
Groomsman
Hunter is a childhood friend of Tanner's! Full circle moment here as Hunter became good friends with the bride's brother while attending Clemson University!
Taylor Holland
Groomsman
Taylor is a childhood friend of Tanners' and cousin of Hunter!
Roy Finley
Groomsman
Roy is Tanners' business partner in crime and good friends!
Alec Spooner
Groomsman
Alec is a childhood friend of Tanners'!
Jackson Watts
Groomsman
Jackson is a childhood friend of Tanners'!
Michael Claffey
Groomsman
Michael is Tanners' future brother-in-law!
John Claffey
Groomsman
John is Tanner's future brother-in-law!
JJ Gentry
Ring Bearer
J.J. is Parker's father and Holly's husband and a staple in Grace and Tanner's life! Dixie and Diesel love J.J. so it's only fitting that he gets to walk them down the aisle!
Dixie and Diesel
Ring Bearer
Dixie, 3 year old yellow lab, and Diesel, 1 year old black lab, are Grace and Tanner's 2 dogs!
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FAQs
Question
WHAT IS THE DRESS CODE?
Answer
The dress code for our wedding is cocktail attire. Women, please wear either a cocktail-length dress or dress separates. Men, please wear dress pants and a button-down shirt. Tie optional. Weather-permitting a suit jacket or blazer. We invite you to think 'whimsical garden party' and ask that you get a little creative and colorful with your cocktail wedding guest attire. Please avoid light and dusty blues as they are reserved for the bridal party. Think floral prints and pastels.
Question
CAN I BRING MY KIDS?
Answer
To allow all guests to relax and enjoy themselves, we have chosen to make our special day adults only. The children present will be apart of the wedding party and are family. We thank you for understanding.
Question
CAN I BRING A PLUS ONE?
Answer
We are excited to celebrate our marriage with those closest to us. Our wedding is strictly RSVP only. We will only be able to accommodate those listed on your formal invitation.
Question
IS THERE PARKING AT THE WEDDING VENUE?
Answer
Yes, Southern Oaks offers plenty of onsite parking for our guests.
RSVP
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