When Annie Grace Means, 24, chose to wear her deceased mother’s wedding gown on her own wedding day, she was touched by the powerful and emotional impact it had on her friends and family—especially her beloved father.
The story behind Annie’s decision began with heartbreak in January of 2022. Her mother, Carly Barnett Mixon, contracted an upper respiratory infection and was put into a coma by her doctors to force her body to rest. Unfortunately, she contracted a severe strain of COVID while in the coma and soon passed. She was mourned by her husband, Chad Mixon, and daughters, Annie and Callie.
