Mary Bronaugh and Charlie Jackson met in 1999 on the middle school cross-country team at Harding Academy. Charlie claims he had a crush on her even then. They reconnected in 2020, when they ran into each other at The UPS Store. Charlie invited Mary for a coffee and patiently waited a month before they could get together due to COVID restrictions. They did a fair amount of texting during the interim and finally met for coffee in January 2021.

Charlie proposed in October 2021 while hiking near the Obed River. He gave her a ring he designed around a center diamond that had been in his family since the 1800s.

They married in May 2022 under a clear tent at the bride’s family home in Nashville. The Reverend Canon Lissa Smith of Christ Church Cathedral officiated. Russell Davis, on keyboard, led a full string ensemble with an oboist for a musical prelude; Chris Simonsen performed several solos; and Jay Dawson preceded the bride and her father with a rendition of “Highland Cathedral” on the bagpipes. 

Kristen Winston catered the seated dinner, Leland Riggan designed the almond amaretto wedding cake, and Jenny Richter Corts helped plan the event. FLWR Shop draped the tent with boughs of asparagus vine and crystal chandeliers and set the tables with silver compotes and mint julep cups filled with blossoms and topiary trees.

Al Paris and The Heartbreakers played medleys of Motown music for dancing throughout the night. The horn section of the band formed a New Orleans-style first line and led the bride and groom to a waiting limousine at the end of the evening. Guests stayed for a night cap, enjoying the evening air.

Mary, a graduate of the College of Charleston, is a commercial property manager at Cushman & Wakefield. Charlie, an alumnus of the University of Tennessee Knoxville and Nashville School of Law, works in operations and business development at The UPS Store. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bronaugh Jr. and Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Charles Jackson Sr.