If I had a last name of “Funkhouser” I’d want to keep it forever. It’s a cool name. According to Emily, who has had that name, it’s pretty common in Virginia. But Emily Funkhouser, who spent this last weekend in Las Vegas with Stephen Wright has become Mrs. Wright. Yep, you are hearing it here ladies, you can find and married Mr. (W)right. Emily is the General manager of the new Fairfield Inn & Suites (by Marriott) which is tucked in behind Tiger Town was wed to Stephen, the Proprietor of the Outback Steakhouse here in Opelika. Now, if you are their friends on Facebook, you would have figured this out over the weekend when their dating status changed to “Married”. Congrats from the Opelika Daily News!
From the Archives — originally published on the Opelika Daily News on March 11, 2009. View the original page.