Lifestyles

SIKESTON — Belinda Denice Johnson and Tyrone White were united in marriage during a 7 p.m. ceremony Aug. 31, 2018, at The Copper Still Lounge in Sikeston. The bride is the daughter of Jessie Marshall Lane of Sikeston and the late Harry Lynn Jimerson, and the groom is the son of Johnny White Sr. and Pearlie Mare Tate White of Sikeston. Providing music for the occasion was Darrell Howard. Given in marriage by her son, Andrew Sales III and Mustafa Johnson Jr., the bride wore a gown from Andrew Jackson Boutique. A reception followed at The Copper Still Lounge. The new Mr. and Mrs. White are making their home in Sikeston.

SIKESTON — Sarah Ann McKay and Spencer James Tumbleson were united in marriage during a 4 p.m. ceremony Sept. 14, 2018, on Pensacola Beach in Pensacola, Fla. Vocalist Erin McKay and guitarist Emily Tumbleson provided music for the occasion. The bride is the daughter of Cheryl and Robert McKay of Dexter, and the groom is the son of Curtis and Teresa Tumbleson of Sikeston...

SIKESTON —  Robert Kevin Collins and Katherine Blanton Collins have announced the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Brooke Collins, to Quinton Taylor Roberts, son of Julie Ellison Valerius and Brad Michael Valerius of Belleville, Ill. A 2015 graduate of Murray State University where she studied interior design, the future bride is employed as a lighting specialist by Metro Lighting in Cape Girardeau...

SIKESTON — Heather Renee Barnes and Keith Rodney Sapp were united in marriage during a 6 p.m. ceremony June 16, 2018, at First Baptist Church in Sikeston. David Ross, pastor, officiated.

WEST MONROE, La. — Mr. and Mrs. Ferrel Stephen Austin, formerly of Sikeston, Mo., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Annette Austin, to John Hunter Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Taylor Jr. of Natchez, Miss. A 2010 graduate of Sikeston High School, the future bride earned a bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology and a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Mississippi State University. ...

SIKESTON — Belinda and Rick Gorostiza of Sikeston have announced the engagement of their son, Amiel James Powell III, to Brett Michael Greathouse, son of Larry and Mary Greathouse of Hendersonville, Tenn. Plans are underway for an 11 a.m. wedding ceremony June 21 at John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Shelby Ann Geiman and Kody Leigh Campbell were united in marriage during a 5:30 p.m. ceremony Dec. 29, 2017, at the Garment House on Broadway in Kansas City. The Rev. David Whetter officiated, and Kylie Geiman, cousin of the bride, served as vocalist for the occasion...

MOREHOUSE, Mo. — Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breeden recently celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Breeden and the former Blanch Oliver were married May 26, 1968. The couple have two daughters, Becky Breeden (Ed) Tyler and Samantha Breeden (the late Stephen) Lankheit of Sikeston; and nine grandchildren...

BEND, Ore. — Mr. and Mrs. Franklin D. Duke will celebrate their 63rd wedding anniversary May 29. Duke, who is the son of the lateMartin Ebert and Stellla Violate Tate Duke, and the former Jean Cooksey were married May 29,1955, in Sikeston, Mo. Mrs. Duke graduated from Sikeston High School in 1955 on a Friday night t the Sikeston Armory and then she and Duke married Sunday morning after the morning at the Sikeston General Baptist Church by then pastor Roger Jones. ...

PORTAGEVILLE, Mo. — Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Patton will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the First Church of God Fellowship Hall, 500 King Ave., in Portageville. The public is invited to attend.

MATTHEWS, Mo. — Tim and Debbie Jordan have announced the engagement of their daughter, Rachel Leigh Jordan, to Andrew Eugene Hernandez, son of Alfredo and Eugenia Hernandez of Buda, Texas. A 2007 graduate of New Madrid County Central High School and a 2014 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, the future bride is an administrative coordinator for Texas Gas Service in Austin, Texas...