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Two weeks later, Abby and Jameson connected
through FaceTime and talked for seven hours.
Jameson lived on the coast at the time and Abby
was in Southaven, so traditional dating was a bit
difficult, but they met for dinner twice and talked
regularly. Jameson officially asked Abby to be his
girlfriend one week before their freshman year at
Mississippi College began.
It didn’t take long for Jameson to know that
Abby was the girl for him. “When I was in high
school, my youth minister challenged us to make
a list of everything we were looking for in a spouse,”
Jameson says. “I actually made that list, and Abby
was everything I could have ever wanted. Even
better, she has qualities I didn’t have on the list,
but should have. She is the perfect complement
to me, she radiates joy, and she is a great example
of God’s love.” It was clear that Abby was falling in
love with Jameson as well. “The more I talked to
Jameson,” Abby says, “the more I grew to know
his heart, and the more I fell in love with him,
the more I knew he was my best friend. Jameson
loves me and others fiercely, and is everything
I could want in a husband.”
When Abby’s parents came to town in May
of 2022 for an awards banquet at Mississippi
College, Jameson asked Abby’s dad, Lee, for
permission to marry his daughter. Unbeknownst
to any of the family, the photographer taking
pictures at the dinner that night snapped a photo
of Lee and Jameson talking. When Abby saw the
picture on social media, she asked Jameson about
it. “It was really hard to keep a straight face when
she asked me what her dad and I were talking
about in the photo, but I just told her I didn’t
really remember,” Jameson says.
Fast forward to 2023, when Jameson began
planning the perfect proposal. “The library at
Mississippi College is special to us because it’s
where we first met face to face,” says Jameson,
“so I knew I wanted to propose to her there.”
He enlisted the help of none other than Mississippi
College President Dr. Blake Thompson. With
the help of Dr. Thompson’s assistant, Jameson
was able to get Abby to the college under the
ruse that as a student ambassador, she had been
selected to give a campus tour to a very prestigious
alumnus. A fake birthday dinner for Jameson was
also planned for after the tour, an excuse for the
couple to get dressed up. “Abby ended up asking me
to join her on the tour, so we drove over together
and went to Dr. Thompson’s office,” Jameson
says. “I excused myself to the restroom but
instead went to the library steps. Dr. Thompson
told Abby she had a big responsibility and
needed to be on her ‘A game’ because of who the
alumnus was. She quickly picked up on what was
going on when she walked into Dr. Thompson’s
office to see her dad, Lee, who is actually a
graduate of Mississippi College School of Law.”
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