Cumberlands Couples

Carlee (Ballard), ’98, and Wes Cornett, ’90, MAE ’93, Rank I ’98, met at Main Street Baptist Church when Carlee was a freshman and Wes was teaching and coaching at Williamsburg High School. She had noticed Wes sitting in the balcony of the church. Carlee asked her friend Beth Wayland, ’97, who he was, to which she jokingly replied, “That’s your husband.” Lo and behold, the following year when Carlee was a sophomore, she was walking to church and a friend named Stephen Brown, ’98, pulled up in his car and asked if she wanted a ride. Her first thought was “no,” but when she noticed Wes in the car, she accepted. The two of them sat next to each other at church, and they’ve been together ever since. Their most common date was to go to the movie theater at the Williamsburg Mall. They got married on July 12, 1997, and have one son, Greyson, and two daughters, Madison and Sophia. Their youngest, Sophia, ’24, is a music education major at Cumberlands. Wes served 20 years in school administration roles and now works for the Kentucky Center for School Safety, and Carlee is the choir director and visual and performing arts teacher at Science Hill Independent School District in Kentucky. Wes and Carlee serve together at their local church, Pleasant View Baptist, in Waynesburg, Kentucky. Carlee serves as the church pianist.

Carlee (Ballard) + Wes Cornett