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Photos: Salvation Army bell ringers wed on Christmas Eve

Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Ralph William Cameron kisses his wife Sandra Briggs Cameron as their wedding ceremony concludes at the Salvation Army off of North Moore Road Tuesday, December 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The two met each other five years ago while ringing bells at the Brainerd Walmart.
Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Ralph William Cameron kisses his wife Sandra Briggs Cameron as their wedding ceremony concludes at the Salvation Army off of North Moore Road Tuesday, December 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The two met each other five years ago while ringing bells at the Brainerd Walmart. Staff photo by Erin O. Smith / Ralph William Cameron kisses his wife Sandra Briggs Cameron as their wedding ceremony concludes at the Salvation Army off of North Moore Road Tuesday, December 24, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The two met each other five years ago while ringing bells at the Brainerd Walmart.

Ralph William Cameron and Sandra Briggs Cameron met three years ago while ringing bells for the Salvation Army. The couple got married Tuesday – Christmas Eve – in the company of fellow bell ringers at the Salvation Army chapel on North Moore Road in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The two met five years ago at the Brainerd Walmart and planned to spend their wedding day ringing bells at the Gunbarrel Walmart. Their red kettle stand will be adorned with a “Just Married” sign.