CNN reports on a Lincoln, Illinois wedding performed at a hospital emergency room (excerpt):
“As I laid in the emergency room, we tried to decide who else we could get to do the ceremony. Then the bride and groom arrived and said ‘We don’t want anyone else to do it,”‘ said Hoover, pastor of Lincoln Bible Church.
Hoover isn’t surprised the couple was so adamant. The bride, Janel Hoover, is his cousin’s daughter. Ed Tibbits, the groom, has been a family friend for about seven years.
“We pulled the curtains aside and made room for 10 or 12 people. They weren’t dressed up at all — some wore jeans and others were in sweats. It was a spur of the moment thing,” Hoover said.