A bride-to-be wore her wedding gown to visit her late fiancé’s grave in heartbreaking photos taken on the day the couple were meant to exchange vows.
Jessica Padgett was engaged to marry Kendall James Murphy on September 29 – however, Murphy, a firefighter in Montgomery, Indiana, died before they were able to say “I do.”
In November 2017, Murphy, 27, was killed when his colleague crashed into three cars while driving intoxicated.
To honour her husband-to-be’s memory on the day of their wedding, Padgett visited Murphy’s tombstone dressed in her gown – where the entire wedding party showed up to support her.
The family concluded the day of mourning on what should have been the couple’s wedding day by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky. The emotional photos were posted to Facebook by the photographer, and have since been shared more than 23,000 times.
“It’s hard when you miss someone. But, you know, if you miss them you were BLESSED. It means you had someone special in your life, someone worth missing,” the photographer wrote alongside the photos.
Since sharing the pictures, the family has received an outpouring of support and sympathy from people who’ve seen the photos and learned of Padgett’s story.
Agencies