Stewart-Neel
Dr. Anita Marie Neel, D.M.D., daughter of Robert and Patricia Neel of Uniontown, and Major Stephen Robert Stewart, U.S. Marine Corps, son of Robert and Charlene Stewart of Chantilly, Va., were married on July 9 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The Rev. Richard Portasik of Uniontown officiated the nuptial Mass.
A wedding reception was held at the Westfield’s Marriott in Chantilly, Va.
The couple honeymooned on the Island of Maui, Hawaii.
The bride received a bachelor of science degree in 1999 and doctor of medical dentistry in 2002 from the University of Pittsburgh. Upon graduation she was commissioned a lieutenant in the United States Navy as a dental officer. She served three years with the Navy and now is in private practice at Parkside Family Dentistry in Bridgewater, Va.
The bridegroom graduated from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. in 1990. He received his juris doctorate degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Law in 1994. He was admitted to the state bar of Georgia to practice law that same year. While in law school, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and was designated a judge advocate after graduation from law school and attending the U.S. Marine Corps Basic School and the U.S. Navy Naval Justice School.
He is currently attending the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Va., for a master of law degree in military law with a specialty in international law.
The bride and groom met while both deployed to Port au Prince, Haiti, as part of the United Nations peace enforcement Operation Secure Tomorrow, Combined Joint Task Force-Haiti. The bride was a dental officer with the U.S. surgical company, and the groom the staff judge advocate (chief legal advisor) for the combined joint task force.
The Stewarts live in Charlottesville, Va.
The bride will continue in private practice at Parkside Family Dentistry in Bridgewater, Va.
The groom will be stationed at Headquarters Marine Corps, the Pentagon, upon his graduation from the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in May.