Dean Jones’ daughter’s touching wedding tribute to her late father
The daughter of late cricket legend Dean Jones has paid a special tribute to him on her wedding day.
Phoebe Jones, one of the cricketer’s three children, tied the knot with partner Dario Gomez on the island paradise of Boracay in the Philippines last Wednesday.
As a tribute to her late father, Phoebe had the number 324 embroidered at the end of her veil.
Dean was a batter and the 324th person selected to play Test cricket for Australia. He was inducted to the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2019.
“Feeling all the love after the week of our dreams,” she captioned the photos posted to Instagram on Saturday.
The wedding had a white theme and featured a stunning sand sculpture with the words “Dario & Phoebe wedding, 24 April 2024."
“The most beautiful week celebrating Mr & Mrs Gomez, so many smiles, tears and everlasting memories,” her sister and bridesmaid Augusta wrote in the comments.
Dean tragically passed away on September 24, 2020 aged just 59, after he suffered a stroke while travelling in India as part of his IPL commentary duties.
The cricket legend was farewelled at a private family service at the MCG on October 7, 2020.
“We have been deeply moved by the outpouring of love for Dean over the last week and can’t thank everyone enough for their support and for sharing their memories with us,” his wife Jane said at the time.
“It has been an awful time to navigate as a family, but I could not have thought of a more fitting place to say goodbye to my husband.”
He was also honoured on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test against India in 2020.
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