Casie Falcon Young was supposed to get married Saturday night at The Manor in St. Martinville.

Tropical Storm Barry made that impossible, but the ingenuity of family and friends allowed her to still say "I do" Saturday — in a place she never expected.

She and Garland Young Jr. wed Saturday morning inside the indoor practice football field for the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

"I was so disappointed until my niece called and said, 'We can still do this; Let's do it at UL, and Uncle Lynn could be with us in spirit," Young said Sunday.

Young's uncle, Lynn Williams, was an equipment manager at UL since 1985. He died in March at 56, leaving a void in the equipment room and the hearts of UL players and family like Young.

She had been in the football facility before, often when there was a bad weather situation like this. He would have had them inside the large building to make sure they were safe during a storm.

"We would have been there anyway with him if the situation was different," she said.

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That's how her niece, Tori Fontenot, came up with idea.

"Growing up, my Uncle Lynn would always bring my whole family to the equipment room for hurricanes," Fontenot said. "We would set up camp there with everyone and he always made sure that everyone was together and safe."

He wasn't here to make the suggestion, she said, but she knows he would’ve made sure that they kept their wedding date if he could. So she made the suggestion for Uncle Lynn.

Young had mixed emotions standing with Garland on the 50-yard line. The joy of her wedding muddled with the sorrow of missing her uncle and the memories of him that permeated the place.

"Something in my heart told me it was meant to be (there)," Young said.

After she thought of the idea, Fontenot didn't really expect the couple to go through with it.

"When I first heard about the hurricane canceling the wedding, my heart was broken for Casie and Garland," Fontenot said. "To know they would have to re-plan everything and wait even longer to marry one another was devastating."

Their pastor, Scott Adams at Our Savior's Church Midtown Campus in Lafayette, married the couple and also was a driving force in making it happen on the appointed day.

"He said, 'We're gonna make this happen,'" Young said about Adams.

And they did. Young’s maid of honor, Ladana Deshotel, took Fontenot’s idea about using the facility and reached out to Kerry Conner, equipment operations manager for UL football. Also a family friend, Conner gave them the go-ahead and opened the facility for the intimate ceremony.

The couple said 'I do' on the indoor field surrounded by their four children from prior relationships, maid of honor, best man and other immediate family.

They will celebrate with more family and guests with a reception and marriage blessing ceremony at The Manor in St. Martinville next month.

Nancy Smith, owner of The Manor and wedding coordinator, contacted all the vendors earlier in the week to reschedule for the next possible date, which fell on Aug. 10.

That took a lot of the stress off Young, who called and sent texts and Facebook messages to family and friends planning to attend.

This was the second time Young's wedding was rescheduled. The first time was good luck, not bad weather.

The couple originally planned to wed in March, but pushed the date after Young won a free ceremony through the Louisiana Bridal Expo at the Cajundome Convention Center last September.

The catch was the free wedding had to be on a date that worked for all the vendors, which was an easy decision to make. They changed their plans and were set for a July 13 wedding at The Manor.

But by mid-week Tropical Storm Barry couldn't be ignored, and Young rescheduled her wedding yet again.

Young's heart had been set on the July 13 date, which also had been put on decorations for her home. She was sad to let go, even though she knew it wouldn't be safe to have a Saturday night ceremony.

"We woke up thinking this is not going to happen, but it happened," Young said. "I'm happy."