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Kennedy & May BY MATTHEW WADE PHOTOGRAPHY BY WHITNEY DUGGINS
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onnor Kennedy and Abigail May met in
2016 while Abby was studying at UNCGreensboro for her master’s in counseling. Though Connor, son of Art and Renee Kennedy, was living in his hometown of Siler City, he drove to meet Abby for date nights in Greensboro for more than a year. Abby says she is usually the “planner” in the relationship, so she was surprised when Connor proposed during a weekend trip to Asheville in 2018. The couple hiked to Triple Falls in DuPont State Forest near Brevard where Connor got on one knee and asked Abby to marry him at the bottom of the waterfall. Though the engagement was a surprise, there was no question where they would recite their vows: Christ United Methodist Church in Southern Village. Abby’s father, the Rev. Raegan May, founded the church in 1995, moving their family to Chapel Hill to open the church’s doors. He served as its pastor until his passing in 2005.
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Abby and Connor chose to hold the ceremony on her parent’s anniversary, July 20. Abby’s mother, Lee, who lives in Pittsboro, walked her down the aisle. The Rev. Greg Moore, who served as Raegan’s associate pastor at the church, officiated. Connor’s father served as best man while niece Charlotte Kennedy and nephew Carson Kennedy were the flower girl and ring bearer, respectively. Abby’s twin sister, Megan May, served as maid of honor while her sister Emily Treaster and friends Chelsea Woodfin and Kristen Salerno served as bridesmaids. Connor’s brother, Taylor Kennedy, and friends Neill Lindley II and Justin Shaw were groomsmen. The Phoenix Bakery designed the wedding cake, which the couple cut at their reception at Forest Hall at Chatham Mills. “It was very special to get married in the church that my family built from the ground up,” Abby says. “Having the Rev. Greg Moore, whom my father helped mentor early on, officiate our wedding was really important to both Connor and myself.” The couple resides in The Pines at Westfall. Abby is a counselor at New Hope Elementary School in Orange County, and Connor works in sales for Ram Tool Construction Supply Company. CM