With more than 25 years experience and a desire to offer heartfelt services, Rev. Shirley Anne is an Outer Banks marriage officiant. Her business also includes florals, photography and day-of-the-event direction. She offers year-round services from Corolla to Ocracoke and is willing to travel farther south to Wilmington and Emerald Isle on request.

The Reverend marries couples of all faiths offering a wide variety of options and welcomes input. Her website is incredibly helpful showcasing myriad ceremonies, blessings, vows, prayers, pronouncements, poems and readings. From the traditional and civil to non-traditional wedding, she is available and flexible.

Reverend Shirley Anne enjoys officiating in a host of locales including sailboats and lighthouses. Her fees are based on location and are available to view online at revshirleyanne.com. 

The Reverend started Alpha Day Wedding Chapel outside Palm Springs, California in 1987. In 1999, she moved her services to Dare County and started Carolina Wedding Company.

In 2000, she became the 11th member of the Outer Banks Wedding Association (OBWA). She is also a past officer of the OBWA as well as member of National Association of Professional Women. Call for an appointment.

 


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The Cotton Gin

The Cotton Gin

For those traveling to the Outer Banks, The Cotton Gin is a beloved landmark with its large windmill and picturesque gardens. The Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing to a gift store with 4 locations. Visitors are treated to a unique shopping experience in our main store in Jarvisburg, as well as our beach stores in Corolla, Duck, and Nags Head. Explore room after room filled with décor for your home and coastal fashions for both men and women. Discover the brands you really want, like, Vera Bradley, Vineyard Vines, La Mer Luex, Simply Southern, Lindsay Phillips, Scout, Pandora, Kameleon, Brighton, Spartina, Tommy Bahama, Southern Tide and Salt Life and Old Guys Rule - all under one roof!

 

Don’t forget the gourmet market, or shop our beautiful linens for your bedroom and bath. We also feature coastal books and fine art, or just a whimsical fun gift to bring home to family and friends. Stop by soon and don’t forget to try our estate grown wines in our stores or visit our vineyard and winery, Sanctuary Vineyards, located adjacent to the original Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg.

 

Most know The Cotton Gin as a must-stop shop for fine gifts, beachwear, souvenirs and so much more, but this retailer has a long-standing history within the Outer Banks. A local landmark that holds almost a century of memories, The Cotton Gin started from humble beginnings and continues to adapt to the times and tourists. Tommy Wright’s family has been in the Outer Banks for nearly 200 years. His great-great grandfather, Jacob Francis Wright, shipwrecked in Duck back in the early 1800s. Calling these barrier islands his new home, Wright and his family acclimated to their new environment.

 

Adaptation is a common theme for the Wright family. Tommy and his wife Candace, who continue to steer The Cotton Gin, have seen not only their business change with the times, but the Outer Banks as a vacation destination as well. A farm market in Jarvisburg eventually transformed and flourished into several retail locations dotting the Outer Banks.

 

“As the area changed and tourism took off in the 1960s, the family saw people coming for vacations, so they began to grow vegetables and things developed from there,” says Tommy Wright. The Wright family expanded upon the farm market and began to remodel a working cotton gin, later transforming the gin into The Cotton Gin general store in the late 1960s. While the additions to the farm store drew visitors, it was their encounters with the Wright family that kept people coming back year after year, which is something that remains true today.

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