From left, at the June 29, 2024, wedding of Taylor Roth and Chase Poole are Garrett Frazier, Madison Frazier, Larry Lambert, Michelle Lambert, Chase Poole, Taylor Poole, Stacey Roth, Steve Roth, Carly Roth and Anthony Ruling.
By Deb Silverthorn
June 29 has been the date for “I do” for four generations of Dritch, Lambert, Roth and now Poole couples. The most recent pair took the plunge two months ago at the Sheraton Fort Worth Downtown Hotel. Following family tradition, and the special date on the calendar, is a ritual the family hopes will continue.
“I’ve always thought it was special how three generations shared the same wedding date and I wanted to do the same,” said Taylor Poole, née Roth, who married Chase Poole, the son of Lynn and Joe Poole, earlier this summer. “It was not long after we started dating that I mentioned ‘if and when,’ I was going to be married on June 29.
“I hope our children will follow us, and theirs,” she said. “My parents, grandparents and great-grandparents all had beautiful marriages and I’m excited to follow their examples from this unique start.”
“Outside of my wedding to Stacey, and the day our daughters were born, the greatest gift of my life was looking into Taylor and Chase’s eyes and offering them these blessings,” said Steve Roth, center, who officiated at the June 29, 2024, wedding of his daughter Taylor to Chase Poole.
How it all began
The custom began on June 29, 1947, when Evelyn Lynn and Mickey Dritch, of blessed memory, were married at the Baker Hotel in downtown Dallas. The two had been set up when he was visiting Dallas from his home in Oklahoma. It was love forever after for the couple and their daughters Michelle and Emile, of blessed memory.
Twenty-two years later, on June 29, 1969, Michelle married Larry Lambert. Both were born at Baylor’s Florence Nightingale Maternity Hospital. He went to Hillcrest High School and was a member of B’nai Brith’s Rubin Kaplan AZA. She, a W.T. White High School alumna, belonged to Judy Kravitz BBG.
Michelle was friends with Larry’s sister Nancy from before they were teens, but the couple only began dating once she was in college. He was raised at Temple Emanu-El, and she at Congregation Shearith Israel. The late Rabbi Norman Shapiro married them at Shearith, and the family tree saw its branches spread with the births of Stacey (Steve), Ryan (Stephanie) and Shaun (Rorie).
Michelle Dritch and Larry Lambert were married at Congregation Shearith Israel on June 29, 1969.
Twenty-two years later again, on June 29, 1991, Stacey and Steve Roth were married at Shearith Israel by the late Rabbi Jordan Ofseyer and Rabbi Stefan Weinberg. The couple had met when she was in Fannie Sablosky BBG and a Henry Monsky AZA sweetheart. He was six years her senior and a Monsky and David Berger chapter adviser. A few years later they began dating. They were betrothed as she wore pieces of her grandmother’s jewelry. The Roth family grew, first with daughter Madison (Garrett) Frazier and then twins Carly and Taylor, who were born on their father’s Aug. 4 birthday.
Thirty-three years later, Taylor and Chase, who met at the birthday party of a friend, made the day their own.
Evelyn and Mickey Dritch and Michelle and Larry Lambert at the June 29, 1991, wedding of Stacey Lambert to Steve Roth.
Sealing this year’s June 29 nuptials were the ceremony and blessings provided by the bride’s father and the joining of two glasses of sand — one delivered by each of the mothers of the bride and groom — into one, representing the coming together of the two as they formed their own union.
“Outside of my wedding to Stacey, and the day our daughters were born, the greatest gift of my life was looking into Taylor’s and Chase’s eyes and offering them these blessings,” said Steve. “It took more research and revisions than anything I’ve done in years, but I wanted it perfect. I respect them so much and they deserved that.”
Taylor, a Frisco Reedy High School alumna, was a member of BBYO’s Sally Blum chapter and was raised at Frisco’s Shir Tikvah. At the wedding, she wore the veil her mother had, exactly 33 years before, and her wedding band includes a diamond of her mother’s.
Two families became one at the June 29, 1947, wedding of Evelyn Lynn and Mickey Dritch at the Baker Hotel in Dallas.
“My grandmother Evelyn had taken me wedding dress and veil shopping at the Neiman Marcus hotel downtown. I picked the first of many I tried on,” said Stacey. “It was kept in a box for the next generation but didn’t make it. The veil though, she loved it, and it was absolutely beautiful on her.”
Just as beautiful is the connection through the generations.
“Some things just go better together and probably always will,” rang the words of the Pooles’ first dance to Luke Combs’ “Better Together.” “It’s a match made up in heaven, like good ol’ boys and beer, and me, as long as you’re right here.”
For four generations of the Dritch-Lambert-Roth-Poole family, June 29 is a day for matches made in heaven.
