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Jessica chose wedding planner Maria Herring of Maranna Designs, who is
from Newton Grove and works in the area from Raleigh to Wilmington. “It did help, knowing the
area,” Maria said of finding vendors in and around Duplin County.
Jessica “was having a lot of trouble pulling everything together because
she was in Boone,” Maria recalled.
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Among Maria’s toughest duties: keeping friends and relations out of the
family house while the bridal party was dressing.
A chartered “trolley” shuttled bridal party and guests between parking
area, house and the River Lodge, a “very down to earth” setting for a relaxed, barefoot party,
said Maria. “People could walk out behind the place and into the sand.”
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nland parts of the Cape Fear region, lesser known than the beach towns, have their own outstanding
wedding locations.
essica majored in industrial psychology at Appalachian State University,
where she met Bobby, a public administration major.
