WEDDING
Moore & Staley
BY ANNA WESLEY DUBACH PHOTOGRAPHY BY WHITNEY DUGGINS, FACEBOOK.COM/WHITNEYDPHOTOGRAPHY
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mery Moore and Caleb Staley’s
romance is deeply rooted in Chatham County. Emery grew up on a farm in Silk Hope while Caleb lived on one in Pittsboro. Though they went to different high schools (with Emery at Jordan-Matthews and Caleb attending Chatham Central), the couple began dating during ninth grade. After nearly six years of dating, Caleb popped the question on his family’s farm in November 2021. The couple rang in 2023 with a New Year’s Eve wedding, complete with sparklers and a firework show, cake from Lizzie’s Grill-N-Chill and a snowy exit from the reception at Oakland Farm. Local members of the wedding party included Hayley Sessoms, Caden Fields and Sarah Morse. During the ceremony, officiated by the Rev. Bruce MacInnes, they shared communion as an act of unity. Caleb’s favorite part of the day was seeing Emery walk down the aisle of his childhood church, Meroney Methodist, where his family has been part of the congregation since its beginning in 1808. “The church and the people have been such a big part of my life, and it only made sense to get married there,” Caleb says. Emery is a special education teacher at Bonlee Elementary and Silk Hope Elementary, and Caleb teaches marketing at Jordan-Matthews. The couple lives in Bear Creek and serves in Goldston Baptist Church’s youth ministry, where Caleb works as the youth pastor. CM
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