Virginia Underwood and Andrew Pike, both of Yokota Air Base, Tokyo, Japan, were married on Friday, May 1, 2009, at the Garden of the Gods Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Performing the double ring ceremony was the Rev. Peter Blum. Parents of the couple are Wayne and Helen Underwood, retired military, and Losson and Leanne Pike of Ashland. Grandparents of the groom are Wesley and Eulaine Benda, Oberlin, and Gladys Pike, Ashland. The maid of honor was Necia McRee of San Antonio, Texas. The bride�s attendants were Shannon Farag, Medford, New Jersey, Julie Kim, Austin, Texas, Stephanie Wright, Alexandria, Virginia, and Jennifer Hamel, Denver, Colorado. Flower girl was Grace Lee, Cleveland, Ohio. Greeter was Gracelyn Krause, Princeton, Texas, niece of the groom. The best man was David Pike of Colorado Springs, Colorado, brother of the groom. Groomsmen were Wes Pike, Manhattan, Kansas, brother of the groom, John Underwood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, brother of the bride, Joe Sholtz, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Jeff Dombroski, Houston, Texas. Ring bearer was Marshall Pike, Colorado Springs, nephew of the groom. Usher was Mitchell Pike, Colorado Springs, nephew of the groom. Following the ceremony, a reception, dinner, and dance were held at the Garden of the Gods Club. The bride is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences at Bethesda, Maryland. She completed a residency in Family Practice at David Grand Medical Center at Travis Air Base, California. The groom is a graduate of Ashland High School, the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C. He completed a residency in Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. After a wedding trip to Fiji, they are living near Tokyo, Japan, where both are on active duty at Yokota Air Base.
