Torrey Schusterman met Rob Joy while visiting a mutual friend in Atlanta in October 2016. They all went to a beer festival at Turner Field, and the couple soon fell in love.

Rob proposed in May 2019 with a scavenger hunt around Atlanta. The clues took them to where they first met, followed by other memorable spots in their relationship, and ended at the place where Rob had convinced Torrey to move to Atlanta two years earlier: in front of a mural in the Inman Park neighborhood. The day ended with dinner at Barcelona Wine Bar, where they had their first date. Torrey’s parents were at the restaurant as a final surprise.

The couple married in September at West End United Methodist Church with Brandon Baxter officiating. The bride wore a Hayley Paige gown and carried a bouquet designed by Kelly Horn of Echoes of Eden Florals.

The reception was at Country Music Hall of Fame with music by The Downtown Band. Leland Riggan of Dessert Designs created the cake, and Rachael Vacek helped plan the event.

Because of COVID-19, the wedding was postponed from the original date in April, and the guest list was greatly reduced. Everything was moved outside to the terrace, with only dinner inside the main reception hall. Custom masks for all the guests said “spread JOY not germs.”

“Our honeymoon was supposed to be in Spain,” said Torrey. “We are hoping to make it a first anniversary trip instead.”

The couple lives in Atlanta, where she is a reading specialist and he is an area sales and operations manager at Cat Financial. Torrey is an alumna of Miami University in Ohio and Belmont University graduate school. Rob is an alumnus of University of Tennessee and has a master’s from Georgia Tech. Their parents are Adrienne and Kurt Schusterman of Brentwood and Molly and Bob Joy of Knoxville.