WEDDINGS
Coleman & Mitchell
BY HALEY PINELES PHOTOGRAPHY BY WHITNEY DUGGINS, FACEBOOK.COM/WHITNEYDPHOTOGRAPHY
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ittsboro native Camen Mitchell attended Chatham Central High School and later Central Carolina Community College, graduating
from the fire academy in 2015. Raleigh native Hadley Coleman attended East Carolina University and was introduced to Camen by a college friend in 2019. The pair moved in together in June 2020 after buying their first house. Camen popped the question during a family trip to Holden Beach on July 3, 2021. On April 16, 2022, they were married at Oakland Farm by officiant Josh Conrad, whose sermons they attend together every Sunday morning at Edward Hill Friends Meeting. “It was really special to have him there to marry us since he has seen us together through every stage since we were dating,” Camen says. To ensure their big day was perfect, the couple enlisted the help of wedding planners Sherry Elmore and Marguerite Moore of Bee-utiful Events and sourced their cake from Lizzie’s Grill-N-Chill. “From the ceremony to the reception, everything was perfect,” Hadley says. “I really wanted the day to feel romantic, intimate, elegant and airy.” She says she’ll never forget when the doors first opened and she saw Camen waiting for her down the aisle. Hadley is a nurse at WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, and Camen works full time at the Pittsboro Fire Department and part time at the Goldston Fire Department. They reside in Bonlee. CM
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CHATHAM MAGAZINE
SUMMER 2023