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Mary Clay Brooks

Eleanor Coopwood celebrates 95th birthday with dinner at Hunt-Phelan Mansion

Constance Ann Lanier of Olive Branch, was the Sunday afternoon guest of Kay and Laura Wheeler.

Donnie Mitchell just returned from a week-long visit in Hattiesburg with his daughter, J.J. Tutor and her family, Steven, Patsy and Mitch. Welcome home!

Eleanor Coopwood was treated to a fabulous dinner with family at the Hunt-Phelan Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., by her daughter, Carole Robison. This special event was to honor Eleanor’s 95th birthday, which was on September 25. What an accomplishment it must be to look as fabulous as “Big Eleanor” does, to be as spry as she is and to be 95 years old! Happy belated birthday, Big Eleanor - love ya!

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Jamie Monsour and Justin Hall to wed October 27 at Raymond UMC

Jamie Elizabeth Monsour and Justin Lee Hall

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Randall Rucker of Oxford and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lee Monsour of Brandon announce the engagement of their daughter, Jamie Elizabeth Monsour, to Justin Lee Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Murrah Hall of Potts Camp.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Vernon Clyde Muse of Raymond and Mrs. Eddie Monsour of Meridian.

Jamie graduated cum laude from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in economics and graduated in 2006 from the University of Mississippi School of Law. She is presently an associate with Myers Graves Law Firm in Hernando.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cooper of Potts Camp and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Hall of New Albany.

Justin is a 2004 graduate of the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in political science. He is the project manager of Chickasaw Trails Wastewater System.

The couple will exchange vows at 4 p.m. on Oct. 27, 2007 at the Raymond United Methodist Church in Raymond, followed by a reception at Jackson’s Camp in Ridgeland.

Couple to wed at First Pentecostal Church

Photo by Jennifer Michelle Photography

Kimberly Kneel Nesmith and Anthony Neil Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. William Winston Nesmith Jr. of Byhalia are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kimberly Kneel Nesmith, to Anthony Neil Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Taylor of Victoria.

Kim and Neil will exchange vows on Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. at the First Pentecostal Church in Holly Springs.

Kim is the granddaughter of Linda Wilson of Selmer, Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. James Parker of Watson, the late William Nesmith; great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson of Byhalia, Mabel Parker of Byhalia and the late Clarence Parker.

Neil is the grandson of Mary Waldrop of Victoria, the late Roland Waldrop, James W. Taylor of Olive Branch and the late Eva J. Whitaker of Independence.

A reception will follow. All family and friends are invited.

Robbie Patterson and Eric Boswell will exchange vows October 20

Eric Dean Boswell and Robbie Faye Patterson

Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Patterson of Pontotoc announce the engagement of their daughter, Robbie Faye Patterson, to Eric Dean Boswell, son of Frank and Diane Boswell of Mt. Pleasant.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Frances Freeman and the late Hubert M. Freeman of Gulfport, and Margaret Patterson and the late Allen M. Patterson of Senatobia.

Robbie graduated with honors in 1999 from Pontotoc High School, where she was also a member of the Pontotoc Warrior Band. She attended Northeast Mississippi Community College, where she earn an associate degree in nursing. She was a member the Tiger Band and the Christian Nursing Fellowship. She is a registered nurse at North Mississippi Medical Center Women’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Eric is a 1999 graduate of Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tenn. He attended Mississippi University for Women, where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree, graduating cum laude in May 2004. He continued his education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, graduating with a master of arts in Christian education in May 2007. He was the recipient of the Layden Granger Childhood Education Award. He is employed at Hulen Street Baptist Church in Ft. Worth, Tx., as minister of children.

The couple will exchange vows at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at First Baptist Church in Pontotoc. A reception will be held immediately following the service at the church fellowship hall.

All family and friends are cordially invited.

Birth announcements

Cody and Brandy Conway of Olive Branch are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Christopher Cody Conway Jr. born on September 18, 2007 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto in Southaven.

C.J. weighed seven pounds, five ounces and was 21 inches long.

Proud grandparents are Jack and Ellen Nix and Dudley and Tanya Conway all of Olive Branch.

Maternal great-grandparents are Richard and Marion Joly of Polk City, Fla. and the late Pauline Nix Reese of Grenada.

Paternal great-grandparents are Hartsell Ruth Conway and the late Jimmy Conway of Byhalia and the late J.R. and Shirley Pierce of Holly Springs.

Also welcoming her big brother C.J. home is 3-1/2-year-old Grace Thomas.

C.J. was brought home from the hospital in the same day gown that his daddy came home in, made by his late great-grandmother.

Todd and Brandy Harper of Potts Camp are pleased to announce the birth of a daughter, Valerie May Harper was born on Sept. 21, 2007 in the Special Delivery Services at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. She weighed seven pounds, two ounces.

Sharing the honors as grandparents are Jimmy and Penny Pannell of Holly Springs and Randy and Vickie Harper of Potts Camp.

Also welcoming the new baby home is sister Emily Harper.

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Lois Swanee
Museum Curator

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You should put my new radio show, “Swanee’s Mississippi Good News Happy Hour”, on your “must” list on every Thursday at 2 p.m., WKRA-AM 1110 on your dial.

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