TOWN
Weddings
/ by Alec Hernández
Flint and Tinder Gather close and snuggle up. There’s more to winter warmth than the fire.
Jennifer Lynn Nelson & Ellison Smyth McKissick IV June 19, 2015
Some say that chivalry is dead, but it goes a long way for others. In the fall of 2007, Smyth had just begun his freshman year at the University of Georgia when he found a stray cellphone on the ground in the football stadium after a weekend game. Nobody in his immediate surroundings claimed the phone, so he proceeded to dial number under “Dad” in the saved contacts. After a brief and polite conversation with her father, Smyth was put in contact with Jennifer, who was visiting campus as a senior in high school. The found cellphone led to six years of dating, and a proposal on the Nelsons’ candlelit, hydrangea-covered porch. The couple was married at Christ Church Episcopal and guests were welcomed to the reception by an a cappella singing group. Although the couple’s roots are in the South, they now reside in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSH JONES // J. JONES PHOTOGRAPHY
SEPTEMBER 2015 / 43