What started as a routine laboring patient turned into a race against time, as 
her water broke and the marriage certificate was due to expire at midnight. 
It all began when a nurse at the Women’s & Children’s Center at Moses Cone 
Hospital overheard a quiet exchange between patient Jasmine Smith and her 
fiancé Latroy Parker. Through tears, Smith apologized. “I’m sorry the day isn’t 
going how we planned. We won’t get to do it today.” 
The nurse learned the couple had planned to have their wedding that day. 
Family had traveled to town for the event, and the couple was ready – but life 
had other plans.
That’s when the center’s team sprang into action. Nurses and staff rallied 
together to arrange a wedding with cake, flowers, sparkling juice and a 
minister. The day became a celebration of love, teamwork, compassion and life. 
Celebrating a Wedding and a Birth
Team Creates Extraordinary Memory for Patient 
Rev. Sharon Lee officiates the wedding for 
Jasmine Smith (laboring patient) and Latroy 
Parker (fiancé) outside the Cone Health Heart & 
Vascular Center and Women’s & Children’s Center 
at Moses Cone Hospital.
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