The couple came to get married under the butterfly garden arbor adorned with white coral and passion flower vines.
Becky Bathen was there pulling weeds, her arms and gloved hands stained with soil. The justice of the peace who performed the ceremony asked her to be a witness. The surprised Bathen took off her gloves and signed the marriage certificate. Afterward, the bride, wearing a short white dress, and the groom, wearing khakis, went to McDonald’s.