Wedding Program/deceased Parent

I would definitely still list mom under parents of the groom. You would just write it as "The Late Sue Smith." It's up to him if he wants his father, biological or step, to be included.

I think it might look odd if only your parents are listed and he has no one, but does he have siblings or aunts and uncles he can list instead? Maybe instead of specifically listing parents as "parents of", you could thank them and he could thank whoever he chooses. Just my thought though and it really is up to the two of you.

I think I would put the bride's parents and then his mothers name with "late" in front. So something like "Mr. and Mrs. Jones and the late Mrs. Smith" maybe?

I like that too.

You could honor his mom by doing a prayer at the start of the ceremony. We're do that for a couple of reasons:

-Opted out of programs to save money

-Had a blanket prayer for "those who are in spirit. FH and I have both lost family members that left good and bad legacies. We wanted to honor those that truly meant something to us; but not call out those that we're the greatest people in our lives.