Where Everyone Knows Your Name

I wish her & her husband the best. She sounds like a fighter.:)


Woman's name will be 'Courtney Courtney'

Posted: July 16, 2008 10:11 AM EDT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - It's another victory for a Florida-bride-to-be who defied doctors' expectations after being told she had a year to live. That was four years ago.

Courtney Dempsey and her fiancee Gary Courtney have won a $100,000 dream wedding.

The 33-year-old woman and the 37-year-old man were among 40,000 couples who entered US Magazine's wedding contest.

Dempsey says she and her future husband are "thrilled" with the news.

She was diagnosed with late-stage melanoma four years ago. She began dating Courtney and moved in with him after undergoing a double mastectomy.

They're planning a September wedding, and Dempsey plans to take her groom's last name, meaning she'll be Courtney Courtney.

As she puts it: "No one will ever forget my name."


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:love: How so neat.. Nice story with good ending..

A nice story with a happy ending! It's not quite the same, but my friend's mom's name is "Cookie Coffee*"


(*Misspelled here for privacy purposes, but that's how it's pronounced).

Better than having your parents name you something like Dweezil or Moon Unit.:eek::D

I would NEVER take the man's name if it was the same as my first! But really, congrats to them on winning the dream wedding!

I wish them lots of luck and love.

What a great story! :)

What a wonderful story!!

How sweet is that!! I wish her the best of luck!! The name thing seems cool, altho i could see it going on like a Threee stooges act...whats your name..corutney...whats your last name...courtney....thats your first...no its the last...what is...courtney...:D