JM: “Ain’t Even Done with the Night.” I just have always loved that song. LL: What is your favorite song of your dad’s? He’s very different than what I think a lot of people think. He had very high standards for his family. I have much more patience, which came from my mom. We would much rather sit at home with our families than out doing things. JM: We both have a touch of OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder), but his is worse than mine. LL: How are you and you dad similar and different? He felt that seeing the world was a very important side of life. He tried to take as many of his kids as he could to go with him. When I was 12 or 13, I started to realize this is pretty cool to get to go to this place or that place. When I was very young, I thought he was a professional painter because he did these big portraits. JM: It probably wasn’t until middle school. LL: When did you first realize your dad was famous? A throwback photo of Justice with her dad and sister. And I think he has noticed, as I have myself, how quickly things have gone by. We were all at his house this weekend (in Indiana for the wedding of her oldest sister), all the little kids running around, the noise doesn’t seem to bother him. He has gotten to be a lot more mellow with his age. What’s he like as a grandfather in his mid-60s? LL: Your father became a grandfather when he was 37. And we had our father/daughter dance right there. We’re sitting there and my dad’s violinist stands up and gets her violin, and then my dad stands up and says, “Because we never talked about a father/daughter dance, I’ll have Miriam (Sturm, a longtime band member) play a special song for you.” It was so beautiful and I don’t even remember what it was. Then we took the Vagabond ferry into Harbour Town where we met 40 more guests so we had 80 or 85 people at the Quarterdeck. Then we went over to the Melrose Beach Club for dinner. He opened up his home to our closest friends, which was a huge gift. JM: We had a small, intimate wedding with about 40 guests at my dad’s house on Daufuskie. LL: How did your dad make your wedding special in 2014? The island is beautiful and has such a sense of home for both of us. We dated in high school, when our parents let us, and then left for college. JM: My husband and I grew up on Hilton Head together he grew up in Sea Pines as well, so we have been Justice and her dad, John Mellencamp, on her wedding day.įriends since we were 4 years old. So that’s why they decided to buy a second home here. He had heard about this island it’s private and it’s quiet. and I think going to Myrtle Beach got tiresome after so many years. JM: He used to go on long motorcycle trips with his buddies from Indiana, and they used to go to Myrtle Beach. LL: Why was your dad intrigued with Hilton Head? My mom and dad bought a house right next to the Beach Club – which was a little shack then with a slushy machine – and it’s still there. There are pictures of our family at our beach house in Sea Pines, and I’m maybe a year old. Justice Mellencamp: I was too young to even remember the first time we came to Hilton Head. LOCAL Life: When did you first visit Hilton Head? LOCAL Life sat down with Justice to find more about this island girl: Justice and her family recently moved to Bluffton. Her father had bought other homes in Sea Pines and Palmetto Dunes, and then built a home on Daufuskie Island about a decade ago. She attended Hilton Head Preparatory School for 12 years where she met her future husband, Michael Moore. The stunning 32-year-old moved to the island when she was 4 and grew up in Sea Pines with her mom (Victoria Granucci) and a sister (Teddi Jo) after her parents divorced. For this Indiana-born professional hair stylist, it’s family first. She loves the beach and her Lowcountry life as a wife, mother, sister and a daughter of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer John Mellencamp. Story by Dean Rowland + Photography by Mark & Lisa Staff Justice Mellencamp is an island girl, and loves her Lowcountry life.
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