ANDREA TAINDEL JAMES SIMKINS

ANDREA TAINDELJAMES SIMKINS
XYOUNGSTOWN -- The exchange of nuptial vows took place during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony as Andrea Cristian Taindel and James Raymond Simkins were united in marriage July 3 at St. Dominic Church.
The Rev. Joseph Allen presided at the wedding for the daughter of Andrei and Marcela Taindel, 7545 Buchanan Drive, Boardman, and the son of Raymond and Marjetta Simkins of Canfield.
The couple accepted congratulations during a reception at The Georgetown in Boardman before leaving for Orlando, Fla.
They live at 737 Forest Ridge, Boardman.
The bride's strapless, diamond-white gown was adorned with sequins, pearls and embroidered lace, and the skirt flowed into a cathedral train. A crystal tiara held her cathedral veil.
The honor attendants, Kara McElhinny and the bride's cousin, Katie Arnold, wore dusty-rose gowns, as did the bridesmaids, the bride's cousin, Sophie Arnold, and Amy Bodak and Cynthia Dimitriou.
Martin Planey and the bride's brother, Anthony Taindel, shared the duties of best man, and groomsmen were James Jones, Jason Diver and Troy Lindsay.
The bride graduated from Youngstown State University with a bachelor's degree in education. She is a substitute teacher with Boardman Local Schools.
The groom is an assembly-line worker with General Motors Corp. in Lordstown.