PHOTO GALLERY: Wedding of Admiral Steve and Susan Branham
By
Rachel S. OHara
| 4:00 a.m. July 30, 2012
Longboat Key
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PHOTO GALLERY: Wedding of Admiral Steve and Susan Branham
Admiral Steve Branham slides the wedding band onto Susan’s ring finger.
Phyllis Black with her “bouquetâ€.
Susan Phillips was walked down the “aisle†and given away by her father, Mike Phillips.
Former Mayor Lee Rothenberg and Mayor Jim Brown. Mayor Brown performed the wedding ceremony for Admiral Steve and Susan Branham.
A side table at the wedding had a bowl shaped like a shell containing little packets of heart-shaped, bird-friendly rice, a bucket with ice and champagne and two, decorative champagne glasses for the special couple.
Admiral Steve Branham presents Susan with her “ringâ€, a fake diamond cocktail napkin ring, Saturday, July 28, during the wedding ceremony.
The couple’s first kiss as husband and wife.
Admiral Steve and Susan Branham hug one another after sharing their first kiss as husband and wife.
After officially becoming husband and wife, Admiral Steve and Susan Branham duck from the rice throwing and try to get back Susan’s bouquet.
Admiral Steve and Susan Branham show off their wedding rings and Susan’s bouquet for a wedding photo on Saturday.
The red Lexus was decorated with a “Just Married†sign along with a trail of beer cans tied to back bumper, Saturday, July 28.
The coastguard-themed grooms cake was a special surprise for Admiral Steve Branham.
The wedding cake was a beautiful, white, tiered cake decorated with shells, keeping with the beach theme of the wedding.
A collection of cards on the gift table at the wedding reception.
Admiral Steve and Susan have a quiet moment on a walkway at Tangerine Bay Club as they called their moms, Saturday, July 28. Both moms were unable to make it to the wedding.
Susan and Admiral Steve Branham share a dance to “Sitting on the dock of the Bayâ€.
