Weddings Your Way by Mary & Associates

The other reviews pretty much said it: Mary is incredible. From the second that we met her, we knew we wanted her to officiate our wedding. She was sincere, understanding, and professional. If you are reading this, make an appointment to see Mary, and you will know what I mean within seconds of shaking her hand.

Mary was great to work with. She provided us with tons of options for customizing our ceremony and wrote it exactly as we wanted. We didn't meet face to face until the ceremony and everything went flawlessly. The ceremony turned out perfectly.

Mary did an AMAZING JOB!! My husband and I feel so blessed to have had her join our lives together in love. The ceremony was beautiful, and exactly what we wanted. Mary is a professional and yet still has the warmth of a family member. She spends times with you and your finance' before the wedding day so she can add special, personal features into the ceremony that make it personal and beautiful. Thank you Mary for everything!!!

I was referred to Mary and I was very impressed with her warm tone and professionalism. She made the ceremony planning process less stressful by her experience. She simplified the process and was able to go back and forth via email to write and coordinate the ceremony. For me, email communication was key to fitting the planning into my busy schedule. We didn't meet face to face until the ceremony and everything went flawlessly. She incorporated the knot tying ceremony and special readings I sent her. Mary was very responsive and timely.

Mary was absolutely wonderful to work with. She made our wedding ceremony beautiful. In fact, many of our guests complimented me on our choice of officiant - guests thought our selected readings were perfect. I couldn't have been more pleased with our ceremony, and working with Mary was fun and easy!

We hired Debra Maheux as our wedding officiant through this service. She was very flexible and worked with our schedules to meet and decide how we wanted our ceremony to be. We were able to put together a short and very meaningful ceremony (exactly what we wanted!) She was easily accessible by email for whenever we had a question. It was a real pleasure to have her for our officiant. She made the ceremony one of the least stressful things on our list (which was a blessing!)

Mary was very helpful in providing suggestions for content that allowed us to create the ceremony we really wanted. She offered a wide array of poems, vows/ring vows and other symbolic ceremonies for us to choose from and we were very pleased with how the content of the ceremony turned out. Early on we had a nice meeting with Mary to talk about the ceremony and she was a nice presence during our wedding.

This was a second marriage for both my new husband and I, so we wanted our ceremony to be short and sweet, but still meaningful. Mary gave us exactly what we wanted! She answered my emails promptly and was extremely helpful in puting our ceremony together, as well as guiding us through the process so we didn't miss anything. She has a wonderful demeanor and is a pleasure to work with.

We loved having Mary officiate our wedding. She was very personable and professional. I would recommend using her to anyone who is looking for an officiant!!! Thanks Mary!!
Tina & Steve Sears

We had Mary do our ceremony. She came highly recommended by our venue so we were excited to work with her. While she was very friendly, responsive and flexible, we had several concerns. When we went to meet with her she spent most of our meeting talking about her experiences with past weddings and little time getting to know us and how we met and what our wedding was going to be like. We had wanted to have those conversations because we were hoping to have a personal touch to our ceremony. As such, we sent her a blurb about our history and asked that she find a way to incorporate it into our ceremony as neither my husband or I are good with words. What she sent back reflected little to no effort. She basically took our blurb and rearranged a few words. So, I ended up having to write it myself. The other concern was that she pronounced my last name wrong during the ceremony. My husband and I just felt that she was very disconnected from us and our ceremony and we had wanted someone that was going to make an effort to get to know us and create a one of a kind ceremony.

Mary did an amazing job officiating our wedding. I could not have been more pleased. I received numerous compliments from my wedding guests about how great she was. When we got back from our honeymoon & got our mail, she had already sent us all of the certified copies of our marriage certificate from the state..usually people take forever to get that to you! She was really easy to work with, we emailed back and forth and created my ceremony pretty quick. She has a lot of vows, readings and poems to choose from, or you can customize your own ceremony- she is very flexible. I never even had to meet with her in person and was 100% confident that she would deliver a perfect ceremony- which she did. I would highly recommend Weddings Your Way by Mary to anyone searching for an officiant!

Mary did an amazing job with our ceremony. She took the time to customize the ceremony exactly the way my husband and I wanted it. Mary was was punctual, for both our rehearsal and wedding day. The ceremony ended up being the perfect length- not too long, but long enough to enjoy! I would absolutely recommend Mary to any newly engaged bride!

I cannot emphasize enough how flexible Mary was as our officiant. Our original officiant had an emergency surgery 2 months before our wedding. We were in a tailspin trying to find someone. My husband made a phone call to Mary and she was there!! She was efficient and patient, as we had a rainy, windy wedding day. Mary's presence made things calm and our ceremony turned out beautifully. I highly recommend.

Amazing everything went perfect couldnt of asked for a better officiant. Thank you Mary.

Mary was very flexible with our wedding ceremony, allowing us to edit it, and providing very useful feedback! She was a professional all the way through the process, and I am just so glad she was a part of our special day. She also has a great sense of humor, which was needed with our crowd! Thank you, Mary for making it so special!

We had the pleasure of working with Mary for our wedding. She was very nice and helpful as we decided on what we wanted our ceremony to be. She will create the perfect ceremony for any couple! Thank you so much!

With this being a second marriage for both of us, we wanted something intimate and personal. Mary listened to our wishes, added wonderful suggestions, and helped us have a wedding to remember for a lifetime. She truly became more than just a person who married us. We will alsways consider her a dear friend.

Mary is the most pleasant woman I have ever worked with! Her ceremony was exceptional and just perfectly tailored to us. It truely captured the essence of who we are as a couple and was just amazing! Our family and friends had so many compliments about the ceremony and said it couldn't have been more perfect!

Mary Tankersley officiated our small outdoor summer wedding and her professionalism and dedication helped make our ceremony complete -- preparing a custom service suited to us and assisting with the music was just a small part of the service she provided to ensure every detail was perfect. Thank you Mary for making our day extra special, for enduring the sweltering summer heat and for saving the wedding cake too!

Doug and Lynnette Ward
July 7, 2010

I have known Mary for many years and unconditionally can say she is one of the very best when it comes to taking care that your wedding ceremony will be just perfect. Great to work with.

Mary has been the officiant at many weddings, I have photographed. She is very organized, sweet and easy to work with! I would recommend her to anyone who is looking for someone to marry them!

Mary is a delight to work with. She always gets to know the couples and relfects their personality in the service.

Mary is just the type of professional I love working with - someone who is kind, patient, and really listens to her clients and gives them a ceremony that is about them!

Rev. Mary is a conscientious officiant who will make sure your wedding vows are what you have always dreamed them to be. I have had the opportunity to work with her on several occasions and am always impressed with her dedication and commitment to giving the couple just what they want and need to make their day a special one. She is meticulous in her work and handles each wedding with her continued dedication and enthusiasm. I have and will continue to recommend her to friends and associates. Rev. Patricia Belisle / Wedding Ceremonies by Patricia / weddingsbypatricia@gmail.com