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Freelance videographer Eric Grubb, who often works with ESPN 3D, says it took him nearly 50 years to find Bethany Pearce, whom he calls his soul mate. The couple exchanged vows June 11 in an outdoor ceremony at their home in Granville.
The two say they met in an unexpected way. Grubb frequently travels for work, so he joined dating site eHarmony to improve his chances of meeting someone. After finding Pearce’s profile—and several missed connections due to his schedule and her then-job as a flight attendant—the couple finally went on their first date to Vino Vino in Grandview. Both agree it was love at first sight. “We just have a magical connection,” says Pearce. “It’s one of those things you can’t explain. I knew he was the one for me.”
After a whirlwind courtship, the couple moved in together and soon found their dream home in Granville, which they call “Antebellum Farm House,” because it was built in 1858. Grubb proposed to Pearce in the middle of a pedestrian crosswalk in downtown Granville. “I thought it would be a great place to ask her to begin our lives together,” he says, laughing.
Pearce, an interior and event designer, chose a vintage carnival theme for the wedding. There were activities available for all 150 guests, regardless of age, including a ring toss, cornhole, a dessert stand and an outdoor bar for adult refreshments. The couple’s neighbor, a farmer, donated hay bales, which were topped with oak planks from a mill to create more comfortable seating.
The bride also designed an outdoor living room with vintage couches, rugs, tables and lamps, which provided a unique setting for photographs. And instead of hiring a caterer, the couple rented food truck Leslie’s Creperie and served baked goods from Lucky Cat Bakery.
The antiques were not the only “something old” Pearce incorporated into her day. Her dress, which dates to 1912, was given to her by a friend who found it in a suitcase she purchased from an estate sale.
Grubb and Pearce both seem at a loss for words when trying to explain their relationship. “It’s very hard . . . you just know it’s right,” says the groom, adding, “Do I wish it had happened 20 years ago? Sure. But we are living life to the max right now.”
The newlyweds plan to honeymoon in Paris next year.
