Wendy Stanley Smith of Kinston and Brian Joseph Piro of Mount Olive were married on the beach in North Topsail Island at 6:30 p.m. May 15, 2009. Bishop Richard Brown of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officiated the ceremony.

Escorted by her father and given in marriage by her parents, the bride is the daughter of Donald and Sandra Stanley of Deep Run.

She is the granddaughter of Milton and Grace Stanley of Deep Run, and Dorothy Rich of Pink Hill and the late Edward Rich.

A 2000 cum laude graduate of Meredith College with a Bachelor of Science in child development, she is a teacher with the Lenoir County Schools.

The groom is the son of Cheryl A. Earnest of Mount Olive and Randy Morrison of Uvalde, Texas. He is the grandson of Donald and Liz Coonfer of Hot Springs Village, Ark., and Jim and Judy Huelett of Fremont, Ill.

A graduate of Wayne Community College with an Associate's degree in science and art, he is a lab and research technician with Southeast Labs in Goldsboro.

After a cruise to the Bahamas, the couple resides in Kinston.

Matron of honor was the bride's aunt, Delores Padgette of Pink Hill.

The groom's brother, Brad Michael Piro of Germany, was best man.