Word: mr
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...knew’ pretty much as soon as we started dating,” says Mark L. Hill ’05 of his fiancée, Cynthia C. Ellis. But acting on his instinct proved harder than Mr. Hill first anticipated. Although they met in elementary school, they did not start dating until the summer after their senior year in high school...
...Thanksgiving, Mr. Hill made two boxes—one filled with papers that either said “go get cappuccino” or “go get wine” and one filled with papers that said “river surprise...
...September, Mr. Hill had asked Ms. Ellis’ parents for permission for their daughter’s hand in marriage. “She thought it was a couple of years down the road, but I could tell that she wanted to get married,” says Mr. Hill. Both parents supported the idea—he says their parents now go out to dinner about once a week—so he planned his surprise...
...Ellis’ and Mr. Hill’s sisters helped him prepare a dock in their hometown of Gadsden, Ala. Later that evening, after running errands and picking up wine, Mr. Hill switched the boxes and the couple headed to the river—where the two boarded a canoe, and he blindfolded...
...gently patted my belly and nicely told me to lay off the pizza and sweets because I was getting a bit pudgy,” Mr. Hill says. He directed the canoe to the correct pier, where two bottles of champagne and 600 lit candles were waiting. Once there, he stripped off his sweater and jeans to reveal the source of the pudge—tuxedo underneath...