A day after Russ says his grandmother Jessie Deane told him she’d put on her praying breeches and wish for a wife for him (we kid you not), he met Daysy. The bride, a real estate investor, and groom, a consultant, exchanged vows a year and a half later at an outdoor ceremony at McLeod Plantation before hosting a celebration at The Cedar Room downtown. After honeymooning in the Maldives and Sri Lanka, the two returned to their newlywed home in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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