EVERGREEN — Erin Macgillivray Smith of Alamosa and Zapata and Castelar “Cas” Garcia of Manassa were married Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration in Evergreen with the Rev. Michael McManus officiating.

The bride was given in marriage by her godfather 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Carlos F. Lucero of Denver. Maid of honor was Iris Clark of Pueblo; bridesmaid was Carol Ortiz Redding of Alamosa. Brothers of the groom John Garcia of Littleton and Michael Garcia of Pueblo West served as best man and groomsman, respectively. The groom’s sisters, Kris Espinoza of Aurora and Annette Sadler of Centennial, read from scripture and his brother Michael Garcia read the 67nd Psalm. After the exchange of vows, the bride sang Gounod’s “Entreat Me Not to Leave Thee” to the groom.

Following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the groom’s brother John Garcia.

Garcia, a Vietnam War Army veteran who grew up in a sheep ranching family in Conejos County with roots back to 1598 when an ancestor came to the area in the Onate Expedition and whose Irish ancestors settled in New England during the mid-1600s, is a retired lawyer who began his career as a chief deputy district attorney in Denver. After 10 years there, he relocated to the San Luis Valley to practice law with his late wife, Beth Garcia. He was appointed by former Gov. Roy Romer to the Colorado Transportation Commission, a seat he held for 10 years, serving as its chairman for a year. He was listed in Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, Who’s Who in the World, and Best Lawyers in the American West.

Macgillivray Smith, whose maternal ancestors were among the temple builders of Utah under Brigham Young, wrote for the Valley Courier in 1970 and from 1991-93. Also widowed, she was a correspondent for The Pueblo Chieftain from 1972-2017, writing her final article last year. She has served on a number of boards and currently is president of both the Homelake Community Advisory Board and the Homelake Historic Preservation and Restoration Foundation which she helped to found, vice president of the Zapata Homeowners Association, bishop’s warden at St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church in Alamosa and lay representative for the Southwest Region on the Standing Committee for the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado. She also is a lay Eucharistic minister in the Episcopal Church and is a past president of the Colorado Episcopal Churchwomen.