Valentine’s Day a good time to get hitched
PHOTO BY STEVE STEINER
Dustin and Dewana Broome kiss for the first time as husband and wife. They were wed on Valentine's Day at the county courthouse. Smiling as the couple kiss is Stacy Butterfield. This was the first marriage she officiated as Clerk of the Court, although she has performed ceremonies in the past when she was the Deputy of the Clerk of the Court.
PHOTO BY STEVE STEINER
Dustin and Dewana (Epting) Broome pose together for the first time as husband and wife. The couple was the first to be married at the courthouse in Bartow.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Among the myriad of press present for the debut of Valentine's Day weddings, the wedding kiss by Dustin and Dewana Broom on Thursday was filled with flashes at the Clerk of the Court's Office.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Dustin Broom makes Dewana Epting into Dewana Broome as he places a ring on her finger in the wedding ceremony in the clerk's office as Clerk o fCourt Stacy Butterfield watches. The right is ring bearer Deaonte Broom, Dustin's younger brother.
PHOTO BY JEFF ROSLOW
Dustin Broom makes Dewana Epting into Dewana Broom as he places a ring on her finger in the wedding ceremony in the clerk's office as Clerk o fCourt Stacy Butterfield watches. The right is ring bearer Deaonte Broom, Dustin's younger brother.
On Valentine’s Day, Dustin Broome got a piece of chocolate and a wife at the Polk County Courthouse. His wife, Dewana got a rose. And together they were flashed by many cameras taking their photo as the media crowded into the Marriage Office to record the first couple getting married in what will be a new yearly event, according to Stacy Butterfield, the Clerk of the Court and County Comptroller. Weddings on Valentine’s Day will be more elaborate in the future.
“Next year we’re going to have a group wedding,” Butterfield said. “And there will be a reception, but this year we just started it and we’ll need more time next year.”
