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Jarrett Bernard Bailey and Caitlin Lee Robinson will be married Oct. 4, 2014 at Stokesdale United Methodist Church.

The bride is the daughter of Paul Rob-inson Jr. and Betty Robinson of North Wilkesboro. Her paternal grandparents are the late Paul Robinson Sr. and the late Gertrude Robinson, both of Wilkesboro. Maternal grandparents are the late Fred-die and Martha Lineberger, of Maiden.

The groom is the son of Bernard and Lisa Bailey of Denver. Paternal grandpar-ents are the late Robert Bailey and Anna Bailey of Denver. Maternal grandparents are the late Nathanial Wilson and Joan Wilson of Mount Holly.

The bride is a 2008 graduate of Wilkes Central High School and a 2012 gradu-ate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she received a bachelors of science degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Psi Professional Business Fraternity Inc. and is employed by BB&T Insurance Services Inc.

The groom is a 2008 graduate of East Lincoln Senior High and a 2012 gradu-ate of University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he received a bache-lors of science degree in business admin-istration with a concentration in human resources. He is a member of Delta Sig-ma Pi Professional Business Fraternity Inc. and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha

Fraternity Inc. He is also employed by BB&T Insurance Services Inc.

The Rev. Franklin Lowery, uncle of the groom, will marry Jarrett and Caitlin on Oct. 4.

The bridal party includes many family and friends.

Maid of honor is Olivia Robinson, sis-ter of the bride, of North Wilkesboro.

Bridesmaids are Jazzmin Robinson, sister of the bride, North Wilkesboro; Meaghan Carbone, friend of the bride, Traphill; Tiara Bailey, sister of the groom, Denver; Kiara Bailey, sister of the groom, Denver; Whitney Bryant, cousin of the bride, Atlanta, Ga. and Shanessa Bryant, friend of the couple, Manteo.

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Groomsmen are Devin Smith, frater-nity brother of the groom, Fayetteville; Xavier Nicholson, fraternity brother of the groom, Mount Gilead; Isaac Wood, friend of the groom, Durham; Keegan Bowen, fraternity brother of the groom, Charlotte; De’Shawn Johnson, nephew of the groom, Stanley and Raven Hasian, friend of the groom, Denver.

Ring bearer will be Zaimir Muntz, cousin of the bride. Flower girls are Naia and Kaia Lawing, cousins of the bride.

Jarrett Bailey, Caitlin Robinson to marry Oct. 4 in Stokesdale

Baileycontinued on Page 13

JARRETT BAILEY AND CAITLIN ROBINSON

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Maygan Ward to wed Jordan Fender

Maygan Ward and Jordan Fender will be married June 7, 2014 at Fender Farm, Traphill with the re-ception at Stone Mountain State Park.

The bride is the daughter of Brian Ward and Cas-sandra Adams of North Wilkesboro. Her grandpar-ents are Jim and Brenda Mitchell and Fleet Adams, all of North Wilkesboro and the late Joyce Adams.

The groom is the son of Randel Fender of Traphill and Sonda Harris of Thurmond. Grandparents of the groom are Grayson and Rachel Fender and Ronnie and Sandy Wood, all of Traphill.

Maygan is a 2011 graduate of North Wilkes High School. She is attending Wilkes Community College and is pursing a degree in dental assisting. Maygan is a sales associate at Hibbett Sports in Wilkesboro.

Jordan is a 2012 graduate of East Wilkes High School. He is employed by his father in their family business, Fenders Plumbing. Jordan plans to have his plumbing license in September of 2014.

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Chelsea Abernethy and Parker Young will be married on Satur-day, June 14 at Edgewood Baptist Church in Wilkesboro.

The bride is the daughter of Randall and Kim Abernethy of Wilkesboro. Paternal grandpar-ents are Don and Mary Etta Ab-ernethy of Wilkesboro. Maternal grandparents are the late Rex and Sue Shumate of Wilkesboro.

The groom is the son of Bruce and Revonda Young of Fletcher. Paternal grandparents are John and Dolores Young from Johnson City, Tenn. Maternal grandparents are Bill and Inez Warfield from Johnson City, Tenn.

The bride is a graduate of Wil-kes Central High School in Wil-kesboro. The groom is a graduate of T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville. Both will graduate from Appalachian State University (ASU) May 11, 2014.

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Their wedding colors are light pink, dark purple and black.

Matron of honor is Tiffany Childs, oldest sister of the bride-to-be. Maid of honor is Amy Aber-nethy, sister of the bride.

Bridesmaids are, Chelsea Setzer, sister of the groom-to-be; Lizzy Abernethy, sister-in-law of the bride-to-be; Elyse Perry, friend of the bride-to-be and Ellen Cleary, friend of the bride-to-be. Honorary bridesmaid is Esther Shume, friend of the bride-to-be.

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Groomsmen are, Colin Young, brother of the groom-to-be; Matt

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Ring bearers are Andrew, Elijah and Isaac Childs, nephews of the bride-to-be.

Flower girls are Eliana and Isa-bella Childs, nieces of the bride-to-be.

The Rev. Roy Dobyns of Boone will officiate at the wedding. Fol-lowing their wedding, the couple will go to Wyndham Fortuna Beach Resort in Freeport, Baha-mas for their honeymoon.

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Her grandparents are Marjorie Coffey of Wilkesboro and the late Wayne Coffey, and the late Allen and Ellen Faircloth.

Tyler is the son of Wanda and Ronald Becker and Shawn and Anna MacDonald. Tyler’s grandparents are the late Phyl-lis and Earle MacDonald and Peter and Judy Thomas.

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ding will be royal purple, which is Ashton’s favorite color.

Her bridal party includes: Carol Cresson, matron of hon-or, one of her best friends from Wake Forest. Bridesmaids are, Allison Overstreet McKell, friend from Wake Forest; Anna McLeod, friend from Wake For-est; Lauren Evans, friend of bride and groom from Princ-eton Seminary; and Nichole Ruggles, sister of the groom.

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The couple are planning a honeymoon to the West Coast of Ireland. They will be travel-ing to different towns and sites, seeing the scenery and looking for leprechauns!

The couple met on their sec-ond day of orientation at Princ-eton Seminary.

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Ms. Smith is the daughter of Ginger Smith of Wilkesboro and Jeffery Smith of Taylorsville. She has one sister, Megan Smith of Wilkesboro and one brother, Jordan Barnes of Wilkesboro. Ms. Smith is the granddaughter of Christine Shepherd of Wilkes-boro and the late Edkes Shep-herd of North Wilkesboro, Linda Roberts of Taylorsville and Dan-iel Smith Jr. of Moravian Falls.

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Kate Conley and Tyler Ashley will be married in the fall of 2014 in the North Carolina mountains.

The bride’s Parents are Marcia and Jim Conley of Wilkesboro. Grandparents are Cynthia Foster of Wilkesboro and the late Gene Foster and the late Agie and John Conley.

The groom’s parents are Donna and Randy Ashley of North Wilkesboro. Grandparents are Ravaughn Ashley of North Wilkesboro and the late Betty Ashley and Joyce Braxton and the late Ray Braxton.

Kate and Tyler graduated from Wilkes Central High School in 2008. Kate gradu-ated with a bachelor’s degree in account-ing from Appalachian State University in 2012 and a master’s in accounting in 2013 from Appalachian.

Tyler graduated with a bachelor’s de-gree in computer information systems from Appalachian in 2013.

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The matron of honor is Lyndsay Mack, cousin of the bride. Kayla Bower and Christina McCabe are also bridesmaids who are lifelong friends. Kayla was Kate’s roommate all through undergrad and graduate school in Boone.

Christina and Kate’s friendship started in Daisy Scouts and has remained strong throughout the years.

Best man is Travis Ashley, the groom’s twin brother. The other groomsmen are Ryan Ashley, Tyler’s brother and Patrick Conley, future brother-in-law.

The couple is going to an all-inclusive resort in Mexico for their honeymoon, where they will relax in the sun, try out watersports, visit the Mayan ruins, and just enjoy each other’s company.

Kate Conley and Tyler Ashley to marry in the fall of 2014

TYLER AShLEY AND kATE CONLEY

Ashleycontinued on Page 12


Hannah Warren and Michael Richter will be married on July 12 at the Rock Barn Golf and Spa in Conover.

The bride is the daughter of Harry and Betty Warren of Wil-kesboro and the granddaughter of Jim and Joyce Warren also of Wilkesboro.

The groom, Michael, is the son of Steve Richter of Lorton, Va. and Ceanne Richter of Corpus Christi, Texas. He is the grand-son of Dan and Pat Richter of Fairfax, Va. and Harvey and Di-ane Crouch of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Hannah is a 2008 graduate of Wilkes Central High School. After high school she pursued a bachelor of arts degree in el-ementary education, graduating in 2012. Hannah was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority while at Lenoir-Rhyne. After graduation she returned home to begin her

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Michael is a 2008 graduate of Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Va. He also attended Lenoir-Rhyne University and this is where the couple first met. Michael was a member of the Lenoir-Rhyne football team and also Theta Chi Fraternity. He graduated in 2012 with a degree in sports management with a mi-nor in business. Michael moved home after graduation to pursue a career in real estate. He is also a high school football coach at his old high school.

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Charlotte, college friends; Chel-sea Warren and Savannah War-ren, both of Raleigh, cousins of the bride; and Jordan Partridge, Foster City, Cali., sister of the groom.

Junior bridesmaid is Avery Brunton, of Springdale, Ark., cousin of the bride.

Best man is Ibrahim Abdelha-mid, Burke Va., best friend of the groom.

Ushers are, Timmy Meier, Fairfax, Va., childhood friend; Jake Copeland, Newman Ga., little brother in fraternity; Tyler Richter, Fairfax, Va., cousin of the groom; Will Richter, Fairfax, Va., cousin of the groom; Andy Richter, Tampa, Fla., cousin of the groom and Andrew Warren, Wilkesboro, brother of the bride

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Hannah Warren, Michael Richter plan July 12 wedding in Conover

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Stephanie is the daughter of Erich and Lori Burke of North Wilkesboro. She has an older brother, Alexander Burke who is married to Katie Welch Burke. They live in Statesville. She also has a younger brother, William Burke, who is a student at Wilkes Community College.

Stephanie is a member of the First United Methodist Church of North Wil-kesboro where she sings in the choir and tends the nursery.

Nick is the son of Nick and Linda Wehrmann of Wilkesboro. Nick has one brother, Kenneth Wehrmann, married to Jessica Leigh Triplett Wehrmann and they reside in Blowing Rock.

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Nick graduated from Wilkes Central High School and then worked at Rosel-li’s Restaurant where he found his love for food. From there he began study-ing at the Culinary Institute of America in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. After working all over the state, he finally made his way back home to Wilkes County.

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The couple is planning a honeymoon trip to Pigeon Forge, Tenn.

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of school, Tyler finally asked me on a date and we’ve been together ever since,” said Ashton.

The couple has two overall favor-ites. “We lived in an old dormitory in seminary, and on Valentine’s Day Tyler spent half of the day cooking in the terrible miniature kitchen making me a surprise gourmet dinner, set up with candles and my favorite music,” said Ashton.

Another memorable date was when Ashton surprised Tyler for his birth-day.

“We went to a Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees game at Yankee Stadium. Tyler is a die hard Red Sox fan (and they won that day), so he was thrilled,” remembered Ashton.

The couple are big trivia fans, es-pecially Jeopardy and Trivial Pursuit. They also love playing cards, going to the movies, and especially finding new and exciting places to eat.

“In general we really like the same things, and just enjoy being together, on exciting outings and even in our ev-eryday routine,” said the couple.

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wheeler and took Kaylin’s hand.“I saw the pumpkins all lit up and in my

head I read what the pumpkins said, ‘Will’ ‘You’ ‘Marry’ ‘Me’ but it didn’t register to me. Justin asked, “how do you like my pump-kins?,” then he went down on one knee and asked me, “Kaylin, will you marry me?” I started crying and went down to the ground where Justin was still on one knee with the ring in his hand. After the proposal, both of our families all went to Applebee’s and celebrated our engagement,” remembered Kaylin.

The bride will be using the colors of brown, green, orange, purple and yellow, which will accent the fall colors. The wed-ding theme is a country rustic wedding us-ing burlap and lace.

Maid of honor will be Kristie Lambert, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids are Leann Blevins, aunt of the bride; Amanda Osborne, cousin of the bride; Brittany Jennings and Jordan Hamby, friends of the bride.

Miniature bride will be Sydney Austin, cousin of the bride. Flower girl will be Molly Hale, niece of the groom.

Best man is Ryan Shumate, best friend of the groom. Groomsmen are Chas Hale, brother of the groom; Cody Burdiss, Jeff

Wagoner, Adam Gragg and Thomas Cheek, all friends of the groom.

Miniature groom will be Kaison Wilkins, nephew of the bride. Ring bearer is Kentlee Higdon, nephew of the bride. Register at-tendant will be Kaleb Staley, nephew of the bride.

Following the wedding, the two will go on a cruise to the Cayman Islands for their honeymoon.

Justin and Kaylin enjoy traveling, four wheeling, riding their Harley and playing with their dogs, Tucker and Daisy Mae.

Justin and Kaylin will reside in Purlear along with their two dogs.

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JuSTIN hALE AND kAYLIN LAmBERT

Kate and Tyler have known each other since high school when they were in the same group of friends.

“Once we went to college, we both worked at Outback Steakhouse and formed a close friendship.

“We would hang out most weekends with a tight knit group of friends. Gradu-ally our friendship turned into something more and we started officially dating in the winter of 2011,” said Kate.

Their friendship turned into romance during their sophomore year in college.

“My roommate, Kayla Bower, and I were stuck indoors during a snow storm. Tyler and a friend took pity on us and brought us “homemade” cupcakes from a local grocery store decorated with the Disney movie ‘Wall-e’ rings. Even though they were not the best cupcakes I have ever eaten, I enjoyed seeing the sweet side of my future husband,” said Kate.

“When Tyler and I were just friends he started making homemade holiday cards for me. He even branded the back of the cards with ‘Cards by Tyler.’ At the begin-ning the cards were always humorous, but once we started dating the cards pro-

gressively got sweeter and sweeter.“By far, the best homemade card is the

one he created asking me to marry him. The card was placed and wrapped in a large Belk’s box so when I opened the box to find the card I was confused until I read the inside of the card and I looked up and Tyler was on one knee with a ring box perched open. I will cherish and pre-serve these homemade cards forever.”

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The couple will live in Greensboro, following their honeymoon trip to Kona, Hawaii.

They met on one of their first days of college. Caitlin was running late on the first day of freshman English at UNCG. The only seat left in the whole classroom was beside Jarrett. Sharing the same major they became instant friends and study partners. The couple begin dating in 2010 and Jarrett pro-posed the summer of 2013.

The couple loves to travel and their

favorite trip was in 2012 when Jar-rett and Caitlin visited New Orleans, La. They were amazed by the culture, sights and food.

Caitlin and Jarrett share a strong be-lief in God. They love spending time and attending services at Calvary Chris-tian Center, Greensboro, where they are both members. Jarrett participates in the basketball and softball ministry and Caitlin is his biggest cheerleader.

They also love to watch movies and going to their favorite restaurant, Thai Garden, where the wait staff knows their order by heart. They also enjoy spending time with family and taking long walks in downtown Greensboro.

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JARRETT BAILEY AND CAITLIN ROBINSON

They were introduced by a mutual friend, Caroline Kimrey. Parker asked Chelsea to dinner on Valentine’s Day in 2011 for their first date. Parker asked Chelsea to be his girlfriend during dinner. Parker proposed in Myrtle Beach on October 13, 2012.

Parker and Chelsea both attend First Baptist Church of Boone and help lead worship for their contemporary and tra-ditional services. They both share a love for Jesus. They share a love for music, animals, hiking, traveling, visiting the Biltmore Estates, going to the zoo and eating, especially chocolate. They would both gladly spend every minute with the other if only they could. They love going to dinner and a movie on date nights.

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PARkER YOuNg AND ChELSEA ABERNEThY

Front Restaurant. Evelyn Mack, mother of the groom, will provide the wedding cake. The patio will be filled with floral arrangements. Wedding colors are daisy yellow and orange tangerine. The couple will remain at Myrtle Beach for their hon-eymoon.

Melanie and Nicholas have been togeth-er 9 years, as of March 12, 2014. They had classes together beginning in the seventh grade at Woodward Middle School.

Nicholas said he remembered the first time he saw Melanie. “She was wearing a white Tommy Hilfiger coat and her hair was in a pony tail. She was very shy, but we became friends, said Nicholas.

In high school they gradually became more than friends.

“In the 10th grade we started communi-cating, with love letters floating around us. Especially in Mrs. Hall’s English class,” said Melanie.

“We would hang out on the weekends. I guess you could call us “puppy love” at that time, but we were still friends, “ said Melanie.

A year or so later Nicholas asked Mela-nie to be his girlfriend over a telephone call on March 12, 2005.

Their daughter was born Aug. 10, 2006 and their son was born Dec. 31, 2008.

“We never really thought about mar-riage, but of course we talked about it,” said Melanie.

However on Dec. 12, 2012 Nicholas fell to one knee and asked Melanie to be his wife.

“I was astonished, speechless, and felt that my wishes and dreams had come to reality! Of course I said ‘yes’,” remem-bered Melanie.

The couple’s favorite time of the year

is fall. They enjoy working together, es-pecially preparing the fields for hunting. They also enjoy target practicing as well as riding four wheelers and making trails.

Melanie and Nicholas are also avid fans of the Oakland Raider NFL football team.

“Every Sunday we relax as we watch the Sunday NFL games and have dinner. Our weekends consist of children’s rec-reation games. But we do manage a date night every once in a while,” said Melanie.

“Our favorite thing to do on a date is to eat at Texas Roadhouse or Makoto’s and enjoy a nice action packed movie and then go shopping together,” said Melanie.

“We are a country couple that enjoys all types of music and likes to keep things small and simple.”

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After the wedding and honeymoon to Kauai, Ha-waii, the couple will reside in Northern Virginia.

Hannah and Michael met the very first day they moved to Lenoir-Rhyne. They lived right beside each other freshman year and became great friends. They also lived in the same dorm their sophomore year at Lenoir-Rhyne. The two attended many social functions together dur-ing their college career. It wasn’t until their junior year of college when the two officially started dat-ing after a long weekend at the beach with some close friends. The two have been together since junior year and since graduating in May 2012 the two have had a long distance relation-ship.

The engagement It was just a normal

day in May or so Hannah thought. She had planned on going to Oakwoods

Country Club pool with her mom and best friend. Michael was coming to visit later that day but little did Hannah know he was already in town. Michael had every detail perfectly planned out and everyone knew except Hannah. They were enjoying the pool when Hannah won a door prize and that’s when it all happened. They brought a chair for her to sit down and one by one came in Hannah’s closest friends carrying signs and each of them had a red rose. The signs were all things that Hannah and Michael had in common and the last one carried by Natalie, Hannah’s best friend, said “Did you fall in love?” and that’s when Michael finally came down the stairs with a sign reading “I DID” and a white rose and of course the ring! It was perfect and all caught on video!

During the couple’s free time they enjoy going to dinner, the movies, Top Golf and watching sports. The couple also shares the same birthday, May 22.

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mIChAEL RIChTER AND hANNAh wARREN

The bridal party will consist of Kristen Glaze, of Elkin as the maid of honor. She has been Stephanie’s best friend for as long as they both can remember. Nick’s younger brother Kenneth Wehrmann will be the best man. Nick has known Kenneth since the day he was born. Curtis Privette, friend of Nick, will officiate and Stepha-

nie’s 10 year old twin cousins Evan and Sydney Haskins, of Massachu-setts, will be the ring bear-er and flower girl.

The couple plans for the wedding to be in the after-noon and the reception to follow, also in Elkin. Bur-lap and white will be used in decorations with pink as an accent color. Their honeymoon plans are un-decided, but they hope to go somewhere tropical and warm.

A little over two years

ago, the couple met through a roommate and mutual friend. Nick invit-ed Stephanie to join them for dinner at his house where they began to get to know each other. After a few more dinners togeth-er, he asked Stephanie to go on a date to the movies (Sherlock Holmes 2, to be exact). They went to Win-ston-Salem, had pizza and a great time that ended in a first kiss. The two con-tinued to date and soon became inseparable.

The couple enjoys Mer-leFest, working on proj-ects together, eating ice cream and traveling. Their travels have taken them to Asheville; New Market, Va.; Washington D.C.; Bos-ton, Mass.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; the Outer Banks and most recently Daytona Beach, Fla.

While in Florida “to see a football game” on Dec. 1, 2013, Nick took Stephanie out to the beach at sunrise to ask her to marry him and she said yes.

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