Lee Ann&Jess
May 15, 2010
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I t always happens when you least expect it,”
says Lee Ann Mitchell, discussing how she met
her husband, Jess McClain Bolton.
Lee Ann was in town visiting friends, and Jess
had just moved to Wilmington from Florida.
They were at Tinyz Tavern on 17th Street, and
Jess happened to know the friends Lee Ann was
visiting. He was seeing someone else at the time,
but something clicked between them. When Lee
Ann went home to Greensboro, they decided to
stay friends.
Over time, their relationship grew and soon
they were dating. After nine months, Jeff proposed.
“He blindfolded me, and I could feel the
heat from the candles. When I took the blindfold
off, I was so overwhelmed by all of the candles
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and red, pink and white rose petals everywhere
that I didn’t even see the ring,” laughs Lee Ann.
Jess spelled out “I heart you” on a glass table with
tealight candles and had placed the ring in the
middle of the heart. After Lee Ann said yes, they
drank champagne together for the first time …
and discovered that neither of them liked it!
They remained a long-distance couple until six
months before the wedding and said “I do” on
May 15, 2010, on Wrightsville Beach, in front of
170 friends and family members.
The couple resides in Wilmington, where
Lee Ann is the director of sales at Comfort
Suites Magnolia Greens in Leland, and Jess is an
account manager for Spectrum Laboratories.
The Elements CEREMONY SITE Wrightsville Beach RECEPTION SITE Hanover Seaside Club
REHEARSAL DINNER SITE Dockside Restaurant and Marina RENTALS Julie Cox of “Seafedin Style,” L & L
Party Rentals, Steve Peterson of High Performance Lighting and Power, Inc. PHOTOGRAPHY Eric von Bargen
Photography VIDEOGRAPHY DJ Professionals and Video OFFICIANT Reverend Barbara McKenzie-Tervo of
Heartsong Interfaith Ministry GOWN A Carolina Wedding SHOES Barefoot HAIR LeAnne Edge of LeAnne’s
Hair Studio MAKEUP Olivia Dotson of Dior at Dillard’s BRIDESMAID DRESSES Mori Lee FORMAL WEAR
Jos. A. Bank INVITATIONS The American Wedding FLOWERS Fiore Fine Flowers CATERING Hanover Seaside
Club CAKE Nicki’s Cakes MUSIC DJ Professionals and Video, and Vince Stout of The Sea Pans FAVORS The
knot at getimprint.com TRANSPORTATION Setterfield Designs Rolls Royce ACCOMMODATIONS Shell Island
Resort and Comfort Suites Magnolia Greens HONEYMOON Couples resort in Negril, Jamaica