Mary Sheffield

Updated: 11:58 a.m. Monday : Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield officially confirmed her marriage in a statement on Rise Higher Detroit:

“Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield and her fiancé, Rickey Jackson, Jr., exchanged vows in a private ceremony over the weekend in Detroit,” the statement reads. “They are thrilled to begin their new life together while continuing their shared commitment to serving the City of Detroit.”

Updated: 8:56 p.m. Sunday: The Detroit Free Press reports that vendors unloaded hundreds of roses Sunday afternoon at The Godfrey hotel on Michigan Avenue in Corktown and that Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield's father Horace Sheffield III and Mary's Chief of Staff Brian White were spotted late Sunday afternoon entering the hotel stylishly dressed.

The Freep also reported

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