Lainey Wilson Engagement Ring Details Lead Ruskin Cave Wedding
Lainey Wilson engagement ring details may be what drew readers in, but the bigger story is the wedding itself: Wilson and Devlin “Duck” Hodges were married on Sunday, May 10, at the foot of a waterfall at Ruskin Cave in Dickson, Tennessee. The ceremony turned a private relationship that began with a blind date in 2021 into a highly specific, fully staged celebration.
Wilson said the proposal came in February 2025 at George Jones’s estate in Franklin, Tennessee, where Hodges set out rose petals and pictures of the two of them from the last five years. “We love George Jones, and he knew it would mean a lot to me to do it right there on George’s front porch,” she said.
George Jones’s front porch
The proposal followed four years of dating that started after the couple were set up on a blind date in 2021. Wilson described their first night together this way: “We went to a spot on the water in Nashville called Moby Dicky’s, and then we went to Silverado’s.” She added, “We’ve been pretty inseparable since.”
That sequence gives the wedding a clear timeline: 2021 to February 2025 to the May 2026 ceremony. It also shows how deliberately the couple has used places that meant something to them, from a Nashville first date to a Franklin proposal and then a waterfall venue in Dickson.
Ruskin Cave on May 10
Wilson said the pair found Ruskin Cave while “driving backroads in Tennessee” and saw a billboard for The Ruskin Cave. “Duck said, ‘You wanna get married there?’ I said, ‘Done deal,’” she said. The ceremony took place on a cobblestone ledge at the foot of a waterfall, with family and friends gathered around them.
Wilson arrived in a white horse-drawn carriage and walked down the aisle with her Deddy before joining Hodges at the altar. Wes Williams, her friend and mentor, married the couple, and they took communion together during the ceremony. Wilson said, “I have never seen Duck smile as big as he did then,” and added, “It made me feel giddy about turning the page into this next chapter of marriage.”
Rebirth and Bell Bottoms Up
The planning leaned hard into atmosphere rather than formality. Wilson said, “We wanted it to be special and beautiful, but really welcoming and comfortable for our guests,” and, “We tried not to take ourselves too seriously.” She brought in a 12-piece jazz band called Rebirth and a Cajun meal from the chefs at Bell Bottoms Up, tying the event back to her Louisiana background.
Her custom Oscar de la Renta look featured tiny Japanese cherry blossoms around the neckline and scattered throughout, while Hodges wore a bespoke suit by D. Lacquaniti, custom bolo, cufflinks, and a hat pin created with Mud Lowery, plus custom boots by Golden West Boots and a cowboy hat by Charlie 1 Horse. Wilson said, “The cherry blossom represents living in the moment, and that’s exactly what we did,” which is the clearest read on the wedding: the details were not just decorative, they were the point.
