Bridesmaids at Theresa and Gerry’s wedding.Photo:abc
abc
Gerry TurnerandTheresa Nisthave said “I do”!
The Golden Bachelor and the recipient of his final golden rose said their vows during theirlive wedding specialon Thursday night and the newlyweds both wowed in their wedding-wear.
Nist, 70, chose a stunning Badgley Mischka dress, and Turner, 72, kept it classic in a black tux.
Like the bride, the bridesmaids were also dressed in Badgley Mischka. The bridesmaids wore strapless light blue floor-length dresses with delicate pleating and dreamy ruffles that perfectly matched the vibe of Nist’s romantic dress.
Theresa Nist’s daughter and daughter in law.Eric McCandless/disney
Eric McCandless/disney
Nist told PEOPLE last year that herdaughter has been a “lifesaver"when it comes to wedding planning.
“There’s so many decisions that had to be made, and in some instances, she would get the vision board together for me or she would get ideas of dresses and veils and rings,” Nist said.
“She just keeps feeding me great things and I’m saying, ‘Yeah, that, that, that,’” Nist said. “Seriously — I don’t know if there would be a wedding if she wasn’t involved.”
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Theresa Nist and Gerry Turner.Disney/John Fleenor
Disney/John Fleenor
This is the second trip down the aisle for both Nist and Turner. Turner, a retired restaurateur, married hishigh school sweetheart Toniin 1974. They were married for 43 years before she died in 2017, just six weeks after she’d retired.
Nist first married William “Bill” Nist when she was 18. Thetwo met when she was 14, and they were married for more than 40 years before he died in 2014. She shared a sweet tribute to him for Veteran’s Day last year onInstagram. It was nine years to the day after he’d died.
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist.Anthony Behar courtesy of ABC
Anthony Behar courtesy of ABC
Because both Nist and Turner had married so young the first time around, the Golden Bachelor told PEOPLE he wanted his new bride to have thewedding of her dreamsthis time around now that they’re older and have the means to do so.
“See, you’ve got to remember, Theresa didn’t get — her first time around, she didn’t have much time to plan and really, I didn’t either,” he told PEOPLE last year. “We didn’t have a whole lot of time and [we were] pretty broke, both of us. So this is kind of big. We want to make it so we don’t miss any of the moments.”
Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist.Disney/John Fleenor
Thetwo got engagedon the inaugural season finale ofThe Golden Bachelorlast year after Turner dropped to one knee and gave Nist his final rose — a golden one that would never wilt. He told her couldn’t live without her and proposed with aNeil Lane diamond ringthat he’d picked just for her.
“The symbolism of it is so important,” Turner told PEOPLE of the princess-cut ring he chose. “It was just like, the minute she slipped it on, again, it was like, ‘Oh, my god, this is that joyful happiness that I want to feel, that I want everyone to see.’”
source: people.com
