Amelia Dixon, who is the owner of a local processing solutions company, and Pamela Hampton, who is a service manager for Optum, first met online, where they talked and dated for a year and half before meeting each other in person.
The couple’s first date was spending a weekend together. Both were excited to know that when they finally met in person, it was a love-at-first-sight type of occurrence, and they were both happy to be able to meet in person and take their relationship to that next level.
Pamela says that she had that “ah-ha” moment and felt the instant chemistry the first time they met.
“On top of the getting to know each other, we have three kids who are my biological kids, so it was not only her getting to know me but getting to know my kids as well and developing a really close relationship with them,” Amelia says.
Pamela says that being in a relationship prior to Amelia where there were children involved made the transition smoother and allowed her to develop that relationship with her children and create bonds. Amelia’s kids are ages 19, 14 and 10, and Pamela is actuallygoing to be adopting one of Amelia’s children in July.
“What I love about Pam the most is that Pam not only loves me, but she loves my kids as much as I do,” Amelia says.
As the years passed, their relationship grew, and Pamela knew it was time to take that next step.
Amelia was away on business, and it was during Valentine’s Day. Pamela took Amelia out to their favorite restaurant the next day. Not spending the holiday together, she just thought they were going out to celebrate a late Valentine’s Day. She didn’t think anything of it. When Pamela popped the question she was excited teary-eyed.
“I was nervous and excited at the same time,” Pamela says. “But, I mean, after being together for so long, I was expecting a ‘yes.’”
And of course Pamela got the answer she was hoping for.
Both ladies say the wedding planning went great and particularly smoothly.
“As far as the venue, we actually found the venue when we went to Gay Days 2015,” Pamela says.“We were looking through the magazine and we saw the venue, and it said ‘LGBT friendly’ and I gave them a call.”
Pamela says one of her favorite things about the wedding day was being able to have their Methodist church pastors there for the ceremony, [especially] with the issue of same-sex marriage dividing various churches and religions so much recently. Amelia’s favorite thing was saying her vows, which she wrote a year in advance and had memorized.
“My favorite thing would definitely be her personality,” Pamela says about Amelia. “She really seems like she’s in the wrong timeframe. She’s what you would call an ‘old soul’. We watch a lot of old movies- with Audrey Hepburn and things like that.”
They plan on going to Amelia Island for a week toward the end of June for their honeymoon.
The original photo from the 2016 Watermark Wedding Guide cover, which features them, was blown up, framed and put in front of the venue when people first came in, which they both thought was an awesome thing to display.
YEARS TOGETHER: 9 years
ENGAGEMENT DATE: February 15, 2015
WEDDING DATE: May 20, 2016
WEDDING VENUE: Crystal Ballroom Veranda
WEDDING PLANNER: Antony Larry
WEDDING CATERER: Fat and Happy Catering
WEDDING COLORS: The theme was 1920s glitz and glamor with their colors being royal blue, champagne and beige.
FIRST SONG: “Here and Now” by Luther Vandross
INTERESTING FACT: They are the couple featured on the cover of Watermark’s 2016 Wedding Guide.
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