Kaleigh Cheeks and Jeremy Flatt were married July 5, 2008, on the coast of Qamea, Fiji.

The bride is the daughter of Tom Cheeks of Ellisville and Bill and Kathy Johnson of Prattville, Ala. She is the granddaughter of Bob and Frances Cheeks of Ellisville and the late Harley Hale and Joann Strange of Oklahoma City, Okla. She graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Bachelor of Arts and summa cum laude from the University of Alabama with a Master of Arts in Public Relations and Advertising. She currently serves in the position of Public Information Manager for the Alabama Department of Senior Services in Montgomery, Ala.

The groom is the son of the late Steve Flatt and Chip and Cindy Lollar of Brunswick, Ga. He attended Alabama Christian Academy, Faulkner University and Southern Christian University in Montgomery, Ala. He is employed as a surveyor with Wadsworth-Phillips Contractors in Montgomery, Ala. and is the founder of Candies for Charity.

The bride was escorted by Fijan warriors and a Fiijan flower girl dressed in the traditional tapa costumes. Following the ceremony, the bride and groom participate din traditional Fijan kava and meke ceremonies.

After a 16-day weddingmoon the bride and groom returned to their residence in Prattville, Ala.