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n October 6, 2019, with stunning views of the Mississippi River and iconic Hernando DeSoto Bridge as their backdrop, Jonathan M. Ealy and J. David Scruggs were joined together in an intimate ceremony at Butler Park near the South Bluffs. Ealy, Director of Special Events for Opera Memphis and Chairman of the Board of Directors for OUTMemphis: The LGBTQIA Center of the Mid South and Scruggs, a nationally award-winning Facilities Senior Service Director, specializing in multi-family housing for Independence Reality Trust, were married by Dr. Rosalyn Nichols, Senior Pastor of Freedom’s Chapel Christian Church & longtime family friend of the Ealy family. Jonathan and David, who have been dating since 2013 and became engaged in 2015 shortly after the historic marriage equality Supreme Court victory, had originally planned to have their wedding celebration in October 2020. After losing a very close family member in late summer, they decided life was too short to wait to begin their lives as husbands and planned the elopement in a just a few weeks. For the ceremony, the couple specifically selected text from 1 Samuel 18 “…the soul of Jonathan was bound to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.” They composed their own vows and exchanged diamond and Tiffany & Co. wedding bands during the short ceremony. The reception dinner was held at Memphis’ Original Prime Steak House, Folk’s Folly where bottles of Moet Nectar Imperial Champagne flowed freely as the couple, close family and friends ate, drank and danced the night away celebrating this union. The newlyweds have planned to honeymoon in Italy in Fall 2020.
