The Bride

Name: Teressa Owens

Hometown: Macon

Country: USA

From Teressa

Born and raised in Macon, Georgia to Bettye and Billy Owens. Teressa Owens is the CEO/Founder of Uplifting Boys to Men a nonprofit organization. She received her degree in Human Resource Mgmt and currently works fulltime for the United Air Force. She met her soon to be husband in Warner Robins, Georgia where she currently resides.

The Groom

Name: Eldridge Payne

Hometown: Dublin

From Eldridge

Born and raised in Dublin, Georgia to Jenell Ficklin. Eldridge Payne is a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army stationed at Fort Stewart. Eldridge spent the majority of his career working for the Department of Corrections and retired as Lieutant prior to making the decision to pursue his first love of being a soldier. Soon after meeting Teressa, Eldridge admitted this was a lady he could not live without. He relocated to Georgia after a year deployment to Korea and asked for Teressa's hand in marriage. And she said, "Yes".