Cassady Robinson, Joshua Knight marry
Cassady Alexis Robinson of Cassatt and Joshua Thomas Knight of Kershaw were united in marriage May 27 at Hidden Oak Acres in Cassatt. The Revs. Dean Elliot and Don Coppedge officiated the 6 o’clock ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Robinson Jr. Cassatt. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Cassady of Bethune and Mr. William T. Robinson Sr. and the late Mildred Robinson of Cassatt. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Columbia College.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Levern Knight of Kershaw. He is the grandson of Mr. Richard Austin and the late Patsy Austin and Ms. Betsy Knight and the late Wesley Levern Knight, all of Kershaw. A graduate of Andrew Jackson High School, he is employed with ELG Utica Alloys as a supervisor.
The bride was escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents. The groom was escorted by his father.
Maid of honor was Taylor Vincent of Kershaw. Matron of honor was Jill McCathern of Kershaw. Bridesmaids were Heather Knight and Rachael Reynolds, both of Kershaw, and Katie Sanmann of Cassatt. Lillian Noel Sanmann of Cassatt was flower girl.
Best man was the groom’s father. Groomsmen were Daniel Knight and Tristan McCathern, both of Kershaw; Jason Knight of Lancaster; and Clay Cassady of Cassatt. Brody Daniel Knight of Kershaw and Gaines Lloyd Sanmann of Cassatt were ring bearers.
A reception followed at Hidden Oak Acres.
After their honeymoon in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, the couple will reside in Cassatt.
In their own words
Q: How did you meet?
A: Josh was at the beach with his family when his sister-in-law remembered Cassady was single. So she texted Cassady to ask her if she wanted to meet someone. We actually had seen each other before but never talked. So Heather decided that we should all go to the mall that night so that Cassady and Josh could meet and we could all hang out so it wouldn’t be awkward. We had a great time with everyone together that night. After we got back from the mall, Josh gave Cassady a side hug and didn’t even ask for her number, so Cassady thought he wasn’t interested. Being nervous and shy, Josh had not even thought of it, so he had his sister-in-law give Cassady his number. So she texted, and we talked back and forth almost the whole night. The Sunday Cassady came home from the beach, we went out on our first date and were inseparable ever since.
Q: When did you know your spouse was “the one”?
A: I knew Cassady was the one for me after the first week of knowing her. She was beautiful, fun, and we just really clicked and valued life the same way. It was really easy telling her about my life story of the good and the bad, and we both had the same outlook on life. I met her family the same night of our first date, and they fully accepted me. That really meant a lot to me, being the family-oriented type of guy I am.
Q: Tell us about the proposal.
A: The day of the proposal, I had taken off work to go pick up the ring early that morning. I made short videos of the different things I was doing that day while she was at school, thinking I was just busy at work. I left early that morning after she had left for school and went by her parents’ house to pick up her Bible. I then went to Columbia to Reeds Jewelers to pick up her diamond. After picking up the diamond, I was talking back and forth with the photographer planning a perfect proposal with the help of Heidi Graves Photography there to catch the moment. Going through last-minute plans the day of, we made signs to put up going through the field for Cassady to read as our parents drove her to me. The signs read, “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” So when she arrived, she was ecstatic and surprised and I made her read “Love is patient, love is kind, it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs, love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8). When she finished, I told her I loved her more than anything and that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her and got down on my knee and asked her to marry me and of course she said yes. Our parents were crying, and then Heidi took so many photos, which turned out amazing.
Q: What was your favorite part of the wedding day?
A: The thing that I was looking forward to the most was our wedding cake. No one knew what are cake was going to look like except my mom and the baker. We met with the baker and told her what we liked and wanted. After describing to her what we wanted, she just stopped us and said, “Do you trust me?” and we said yes, and she said, “Let me run with this cake,” and we said OK. The only thing that we did know was that the cake was going to be 4.5 feet tall.
Q: How did you choose the venue where you were married?
A: We choose our venue based on the size of our wedding. We invited 500 people and were expecting 300, so no venue around our house could accommodate that many people. We knew we wanted something special, and growing up, I always wanted to build a house up on my parents’ land on top of the hill with the oak trees, and so we decided, “Why not get married were we are going to live for the rest of our lives?” It is also the place where Josh proposed.
Q: Did you have something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue? What were they?
A: My something old was my mom’s wedding veil, and I took her dress and turned it into my reception dress. My something blue was the inside of my Kate Spade glitter Keds. My something borrowed was a slingback chair for one of our pastors, who baptized both of us.