Heather McComb Marries Scott Michael Campbell in Missoula

Heather McComb married scott michael campbell over the weekend in Missoula, Montana, turning a private ceremony into her clearest public update in months. The wedding came about three months after she publicly mourned James Van Der Beek’s death, a timeline that will matter to readers tracking the family’s personal history.

McComb said on Instagram that the couple were “officially married” in “our most favorite city Missoula Montana,” with her sister Essence Atkins officiating. She described the weekend as one surrounded by family and close friends, then added that “Our hearts are full and humbled by all of the love that we were surrounded by. God is so good.”

Missoula, Montana

The ceremony took place “under the covenant of God,” according to McComb’s post, and she thanked relatives and friends who traveled from across the country to be there. She also said the celebration was “a truly magical weekend that we will never forget,” which makes the event feel less like a celebrity dispatch and more like a tightly held family gathering that happened to become public after the fact.

That public timeline is what gives the marriage its edge. McComb and Van Der Beek were married from 2003 until their divorce in 2010, and she wrote after his death that she was “heartbroken over the loss of beloved James” and “especially heartbroken” for his wife Kimberly and their six children. She later described him as “a beautiful soul filled with so much light, love, talent, humor, depth, sensitivity, knowledge and a deep love of God,” while saying she was grateful for “the special connection, friendship and love we shared.”

James Van Der Beek

Van Der Beek died on February 11 at age 48 after a battle with stage three colorectal cancer. McComb’s wedding now sits only three months after that loss, and the sequencing is impossible to miss: one chapter closed publicly with grief, and another opened privately with a new marriage and a family-driven ceremony in Montana.

For readers following this story, the practical takeaway is simple: McComb has moved from mourning to remarriage without turning the moment into a publicity rollout. The only thing she has put on the record is the marriage itself, the city, the officiant, and the fact that the weekend belonged to family rather than spectacle.