Kristy Crystal Vasquez and Jerrold Wayne Allen were married Oct. 13 at the Sanford House, a hotel in Arlington, Tex. Yonathan Sanchez, a friend of the couple who became ordained through American Marriage Ministries for the event, officiated.
The bride, 33, is an office administrator for Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock, a communications and engagement firm for health care providers. in Nashville. She graduated from Ashford University in San Diego.
She is a daughter of Edna M. Vasquez and Olmedin M. Vasquez of Davenport, Fla.
The groom, 34, is a millwork installer at Jam Enterprises, which specializes in commercial and residential interior woodworking design and building in Nashville. He graduated from Navarro College in Corsicana, Tex.
He is the son of Bobbie N. Allen and Jerry W. Allen of Ennis, Tex.
The couple were introduced by mutual friends in 2012 and communicated long distance before meeting in New York.