Floral arrangements valued at $4,000 stolen after wedding
CHURCH HILL — A Bean Station woman reported to the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office that more than $4,000 worth of wedding flowers had been stolen on her wedding day Saturday at the historic New Canton Plantation near Church Hill.
The good news is that the wedding had already been completed, and the flowers disappeared sometime after the reception.
Unfortunately for the victims, there was no trail of petals for detectives to follow.
Pamela Wright filed a report with the HCSO Wednesday stating that she and Tommy Wright, both of Bean Station, were married Saturday at the New Canton Plantation mansion at 826 W. Main St., just outside the Church Hill city limits.
The mansion dates back to 1840 and is a popular venue for weddings.
HCSO Detective Jeff Greer stated in his report that the floral arrangements were provided by “Flowers by Tammy” of Knoxville, and the cost of the arrangements was approximately $4,000. The wedding was catered by Main Street Catering of Jonesborough, which also provided another $300 worth of floral arrangements.
“Mr. and Mrs. Wright state that they left the reception at approximately 7:30 p.m., and the floral arrangements were placed in the kitchen of the house to be picked up by the Wrights later,” Greer said. “Later, after everyone had left, the floral arrangements were found to be gone from the residence. Neither Mr. nor Mrs. Wright gave anyone permission to take the arrangements.”
Greer added that the investigation is continuing, and he has a few more people to interview. Greer noted that by now the flowers have little or no resale value, but they have tremendous sentimental value to the Wrights.
“Hopefully sometime next week we’ll know if this was an outright theft or just an oversight by someone who took them by mistake,” Greer added.
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