Engagements & Weddings
For Courtney Holland and Jason Fearrington, the family history of growing up in Chapel Hill was an important part of their romance. Courtney’s grandparents, Helen Whitt and Helen and Murry Holland, and Jason’s grandparents, Jeanette and Frank Fearrington, had been close friends for many years, and the couple’s parents knew […]
Chapel Hill natives Helen Meyer and Lee Frankstone crossed paths all through childhood at school, church and social gatherings. Although not especially close growing up, they had deep family and community ties: their mothers were childhood friends from summer camp, and their fathers’ families had lived in Chapel Hill for […]
Chapel Hill native Annie Hogan met Steven Lahti in physics class just before their senior year at Duke University. However, it wasn’t until the end of that year that they began dating after they were reacquainted by mutual friends at a Lupe Fiasco concert. After six years of dating, Annie […]
Will Hemsworth and Chapel Hill native Mandy Brannon first met at a friend’s New Year’s Eve party in 2014. The two UNC alumni reconnected on their first date in May 2015, and they’ve been together ever since. A year-and-a-half later, the couple took a weekend getaway to Asheville where Will […]
Jessica Marsden met Alex Worsnip while they were both living in New Haven, Connecticut. Alex was pursuing a graduate degree and Jess was in law school at the time. After dating for a few years, they began to talk marriage. While Jess knew the engagement was coming, Alex wanted to […]
As Chapel Hill natives, Mary Lee Batista and Michael Hatley are no strangers to the White Cross area. Growing up together, Mary Lee and Michael became friends in elementary school. Michael went to Chapel Hill High School while Mary Lee attended Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough. The tight-knit community […]
Chapel Hill native JoBeth O’Neal first met Matt Marriott when they were in high school. (JoBeth attended East Chapel Hill High and Matt attended Riverside High in Durham.) At the end of 2014, JoBeth, an Appalachian State University grad and Matt, a UNC and UNC School of Law grad, reconnected […]
If your holiday takeaways included giving or receiving a very shiny piece of jewelry that now adorns a ring finger, firstly, congratulations! Now it’s the new year, and the furor of announcing your new fiancee-status to the world and receiving lots of Instagram love is winding down. Like many newly […]
UNC grad Jackson Cox and Margaret Moriarty met on their first date at The Pit in 2014 where they bonded over their love of barbecue and hot sauce. On their second date, they went on a hike in Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area in Hillsborough where Maggie met his dog, […]
For Grace Witsil and Alex Miller, it all started in the pool. Both natives of Chapel Hill, they grew up going to The Exchange Pool, graduating from playing in the shallow end to becoming lifeguards and swim coaches. When the time came for college, they went their separate ways, with […]
