"I Have Never Seen Anything Like This!" The Whole Wedding Crowd Was Silent When They Witnessed This Gift—Except for the "Sniffling"

News Staff : Aug 8, 2017
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"The emotion was very intense. We both cried like babies, as well as everyone in attendance." -Jordan Yost

Crab Orchard, WV)—[Faithwire.com] When Brittany Yost got married in West Virginia last month, she lamented over a childhood dream of her late grandfather playing a key role. (Photo: Screengrab-Inside Edition/ via Faithwire.com)

Thanks to her family, and modern technology, Yost's "pawpaw" officiated the wedding over a voice recording.

Yost and her husband, Jordan Yost, were married in Crab Orchard, West Virginia on July 22, ABC News reported. She had always hoped that her grandfather would preside over their wedding vows, but he died last year.

"From the time I was little, I knew I wanted him to officiate my wedding and he always told me he would be honored to do so," Yost said. "Truthfully, I would've been honored to have him there."

As the ceremony neared the end, a familiar voice came over the loud speaker just after the preacher asked wedding guests to bow their heads in prayer.

In that special moment, Yost's grandfather, the Rev. Ronald Atkins, prayed over the couple and announced them as husband and wife.

Yost said she "immediately" knew who it was when she heard Atkins' voice, which served as a "calming force" on her special day, knowing that...

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