Frances Farrar, Frank Fields to wed
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shingler Inglett of North and Mr. Joseph Beverley Farrar Jr. of Staunton, Virginia, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Frances Elizabeth Farrar, to Frank Michael Fields Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michael Fields of Graniteville.
The bride-elect, a resident of Columbia, is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thames William Jamison and the late Mrs. Carolyn Knotts Inglett, all of Columbia, the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Beverley Farrar of Blackstone, Virginia. She is a 2004 graduate of Irmo High School, and she earned a Bachelor of Arts in dramatic arts from Coastal Carolina University and graduated from the Clown Conservatory in San Francisco. She is employed as a drama and speech educator and company member with the Columbia Children’s Theatre and the S.C. Shakespeare Company.
The bridegroom-elect, a resident of Graniteville, is the grandson of Mrs. Ella Powell Fields Priest and the late Mr. Frank Fields of Bath and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Cartledge of Belvedere. He is a 2002 graduate of Midland Valley High School in Langley and a 2009 graduate of the University of South Carolina College of Engineering. He is employed as a process engineer with Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, in Aiken County.
The couple plan a December wedding in North.
In their own words
Q: How did you meet?
A: Frances and Frank met online (Christian Mingle).
Q: When did you know your fiance(e) was “the one”?
A: When Frances and Frank met on their “blind date,” they discovered that they both have the same “root” name for first names – Frances and Frank – and Frances’ brother, Field, has a family name similar to Frank’s last name. (On their father’s side, she and her brothers are descended from Judith Jefferson – Thomas Jefferson’s aunt – and George Farrar. They had a son named Field Farrar, who was Thomas Jefferson’s first cousin.) That was just too ironic! She will be Frances Farrar Fields, and her brother is Field Farrar.
Frank thought Frances would have no idea where his family land is located since it is in the middle of nowhere – sort of between Graniteville and Trenton. Frances’ grandfather on her mother’s side grew up in Trenton, so she knew where it was! And Frank’s living grandmother went to high school with Frances’ grandfather and his sister, and she remembered them. Just a small world!
Frances and Frank say that they both knew they were meant to be together – not only because of the unreal coincidences of their names and family roots. They say they have a lot in common – Gamecock sports, loving animals, enjoying living in the country – but they are very different, too. Frances is a theater professional – an actor, singer and dancer. Frank had never experienced the theater, but he has learned to enjoy seeing her perform! And, he has also grown to love her cat, Eddie. They both say they knew after several months of dating that they was just meant to be!
Q: Tell us about the proposal.
A: Frank made Frances promise to hold all day one Friday in March – about a year after they started dating – so they could go fishing. He took her to Clark’s Hill Lake (also called Lake Thurmond). It was too windy that day to put in the boat, so he took her out on a dock where he pulled out the ring over the water and proposed! Thank goodness he did not drop this family heirloom!
The ring was specially made using Frances’ great-great aunt’s 1920s white gold filigree setting. The back of the ring was worn thin, so the wedding band Frances’ father gave her mother when they married was used to replace it. The jeweler restored and reworked the setting to hold the gorgeous diamond that Frances’ stepfather’s mother left her. So, the ring has triple significance with ties to three family members and is very beautiful. Of course, Frances knew that the ring was being “put together” so the waiting until Frank popped the question and actually put it on her finger was no fun for her!