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City Personals
Mary Clay Brooks
Greens entertain family for the holidays

John and Kate Green and children, Henry, Jack and Mary Bea, of Washington, D.C., are spending the Thanksgiving holidays in Holly Springs. While here, they are visiting with Jimmye Dale and Bea Green and Geraldine Gholson, as well as numerous friends and other family members.

Congratulations to the Marshall Academy Patriots and Coach Wicker on winning yet again another play-off game last Friday night against Kirk Academy, 26-13. Patriot fans, head on down to Marshall Academy Friday at 5 p.m. There is going to be tailgating, a pep rally and a great football game! How phenomenal is this for Holly Springs to have such a great football team to represent us? Please come out, one and all, to show your support for such a fine group of young men who have beaten the odds to show that they can do it!

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Alice Kircher and Walter Uhlhorn II to wed December 15 at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis

Photo by Allison Rodgers

Walker Stockley Uhlhorn II and Alice Nicole Kircher

Edward Keith Kircher of Collierville, Tenn. and Mr. and Mrs. Lance Alan Smith of Southaven are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter Alice Nicole Kircher to Walker Stockley Uhlhorn II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Uhlhorn of Germantown, Tenn., and Martha Candres Uhlhorn, also of Germantown.

The couple will exchange vows December 15, 2007, at Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, with Rev. Sanders Wilson officiating and assisted by the uncle of the bride, Lieutenant Colonel Leon George Kircher Jr., chaplain. The reception is to follow at the Peabody Hotel.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry Swanger of Southaven, Alice Swartz Kircher of Collierville, Tenn., the late Leon George Kircher Sr., Mr. and Mrs. James Byran Harris Jr. of Hernando and Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Wynn Smith of Southaven.

She is a 2000 graduate of Houston High School where she was a member of the UCA National Cheerleading Championship team. She received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she graduated magna cum laude. There, Miss Kircher was a member of Delta Zeta Sorority.

She is currently employed as a registered nurse at Baptist Hospital, Memphis, on the transplant ICU, and is pursuing a master’s degree in nursing on the family nurse practitioner track at The University of Memphis.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. George Pierce Jones Jr. of Hobe Sound, Fla. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walker Stockley Uhlhorn Sr.

Walker is a 2000 graduate of Christian Brothers High School, where he was chosen All-Regional, All-State, and All-Metro for baseball. He was a member of the 2000 State Championship baseball team where he pitched in the winning game. Walker received a bachelor’s degree in business management from The University of Memphis in 2005. In college, he played baseball for Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Fla. and The University of Memphis.

Mr. Uhlhorn is a general contractor and co-founder of Uhlhorn Brothers Construction Company in Germantown.

Following a honeymoon in Maui, Hawaii, the couple will reside in Germantown, Tenn.

Births

Dixon
Jonathan and Erin Dixon of Clinton are proud to announce the birth of their son, Archer Graves Dixon. Archer was born September 19, 2007 at 11:46 a.m. He weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long.

Paternal grandparents are Jimmy and Kathy Dixon of Yazoo City.

Maternal grandparents are Gerry Speir of Charleston and Jennifer Hurdle of Oxford.

Great-grandparents are Charlie and Mabel Jordan of Yazoo City, Doris Dixon of Yazoo City, and Ruth Speir of Charleston.

Welcoming Archer is his big sister, Celie.

Robinson
Kenneth and Krishawna Robinson of Holly Springs are pleased to announce the birth of a son. Kendarian Dashawn Robinson, was born on Nov. 3, 2007 in the Special Delivery Services at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. He weighed seven pounds, 12 ounces.

Grandparents are U.T. Crum (deceased) and Pearlie Crum of Holly Springs and Kenneth and Ardelia Robinson of Holly Springs.

Robinson

Rodney and Julie Robinson of Holly Springs are pleased to announce the birth of a son. Ian Jonah Robinson was born on November 5, 2007 in Oxford at Baptist Hospital. He weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces and was 19-1/2 inches long.

Sharing the honors as grandparents are Hope Stone of Ashland and Charlie and Betty Robinson of Iuka.

Also welcoming the new baby is his brother, Noah.

McClure

Kevin and Amanda McClure are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Ava Jo McClure, born August 4, 2007, at 10:44 p.m., weighing seven pounds. She was 20 inches long.

Proud grandparents are Art and Carla Humphreys of Potts Camp and Billy and Estelle McClure of Mt. Pleasant.

Ava Jo is also blessed to have three great-grandparents, Glenn Humphreys, Shirley Smith and Becky Clifton, all of Potts Camp.

Museuming
Lois Swanee
Museum Curator

Christmas in Holly Springs and Marshall County; Walter Place and Finley Place on holiday tour

There will be ten incredible homes of Holly Springs and Marshall County open to the public December 1 and 2 and December 8 and 9 for you to see and enjoy on the “Holly Springs Holiday House Tour” and the “Christmas in Marshall County Tour.” Seven of the homes are antebellum, dating back to the 1830s and three are new. They are all artfully decorated with the magnificence of Christmas.

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