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June 5, 2021
Columbia, Tennessee
#CompletelyClanton

Charley & Carson

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Carson Clanton

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Charley Benefield

#CompletelyClanton

Columbia

Tennessee

June 5

2021

Our Story

Thanks to Mrs. Jane and McDowell... Miss Benefield and Coach Carson are getting married!!!

It began Fall 2019 when the “Powers” at McDowell added Coach Carson to the roster. With a little encouragement from special co-workers at McDowell, the gym teacher quickly took notice of the kindergarten teacher. Fortunately, the big outgoing gym teacher was more aggressive than the very focused and conservative kindergarten teacher. The gym teacher was in no way daunted by the cool reception he received by the kindergarten teacher. He moved his parking place to the kindergarten wing; stopped by the kindergarten class every morning to say “hello”; waited at the top of the stairs for the kindergarteners to be dropped off at lunch; offered to move heavy stuff; did everything he could to move things to “first” instead of “third” person. Kindergarten remained cool…until a long term friend (and teacher) staged an intervention. At the Holt’s pool one Sunday, soon after school started, I guess I talked more about the gym teacher than I thought. My mom and Mrs. Jane decided to get more info about the “gym teacher”. Mrs. Jane was having a birthday dinner for Lindsey the following Friday and unknown to me….she emailed Carson and invited him to dinner! After clarifying that she was inviting him to accompany Charley…he accepted the invite. I was mortified--way too aggressive for me. Mrs. Jane and Carson worked out the details--dinner was great. 3 weeks later Carson gets invited to the Ander-Field beach trip. I played along but was still WAY outside my comfort zone--way too close to my personal “bubble”. All week, Carson was big, loud, persistent, and funny….I worked hard to maintain a safe distance. After the beach, Carson and I went on a hike. He took a big fall and twisted his ankle. I laughed and nearly wet my pants. Even though I laughed at his “near death” experience…he decided I was still worth pursuing. We officially began dating that day… “first person” relationship. 11 months later he proposed at the Courthouse on First Friday.

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