REGANTON – The rusted Crush Cola sign above the door of the more than 100-year-old building provided the “something old” as vows were exchanged Saturday in the first-known wedding at the Cross Roads Store in Reganton.

The stark white limo, which was led by more than 20 motorcycles down Old Port Gibson Road, gave every indication that the wedding was “something new.”

It’s another story that can be added to the list of truths and legends that lurk around the porch of the building – believed to have been built in the late 1800s.

Dawn Lee, 32, owner of the store at the literal crossroads of Fisher Ferry Road and Old Port Gibson Road, worked for weeks to decorate her store – making bouquets, lining the porch with ribbons and flowers, making a wreath – for her wedding to Garey Womble, 45, a truck driver and occasional employee at the store.

The 25-minute service was officiated by Sam Dunaway, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Vicksburg, on the front porch. Guests watched from chairs scattered along the gravel parking lot in front of the store as Dawn Lee became Dawn Womble.

She said she wanted to have her wedding at her store, not only because of its history, but because of her friends and customers who ride motorcycles.

“I wanted the Harleys to be a part of my wedding,” she said. “I cater to the bikers. They’re like family – I wanted them to be a part of it.”

The new Mrs. Womble bought the store Feb. 7, 2004, after she heard the owner, John McKee, was retiring. She has added a few antiques, done some painting and fixed up some things – but the store remains a fixture at the crossroads, the only fixture, as it has for decades.

Her most recent task was putting up decorations for the wedding, which has been in the works since her engagement in March.

“It was a surprise birthday, and he put the ring in the cake,” she said.

The store, which Dawn Womble said was named Mississippi’s first scenic byway in a ceremony April 12, 2004, was a model for the couple’s wedding – casual.

“Most of our friends come to the store,” Garey Womble said. “This is part of our life. That’s how we act, and that’s how I wanted to get married.”

When it’s not the stage for a wedding, the old store is a stopping point for tourists and a hangout for biker friends, Dawn Womble said.

“We have a lot of tourists. Tour buses have started coming through,” she said. “They come in – we have food, drinks. We have biker night starting next Saturday – I’ll cook a big meal, sometimes have a drawing or something.”

Dawn Womble said she picked the perfect place to have a wedding.

“It’s a country setting – it’s comfortable. Nobody bothers us. It’s a country home,” she said.

The newlyweds will continue to live in Vicksburg, but will spend most of their time at their home-away-from-home – where a wooden sign welcomes visitors to their cherished wedding spot – the Cross Roads Store.