Hutchcraft-Blanton

SIKESTON -- Gilbert and Karen Hutchcraft have announced the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Lynn Hutchcraft, to Charles Lee Blanton V, son of Pamela Blanton of Sikeston and the late Charles Lee Blanton IV.

A 2011 graduate of Sikeston High School, the future bride earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration, with a major in integrated marketing communications from Southeast Missouri State University. She is employed at Ansira, a marketing firm in St. Louis.

The prospective groom is a 2011 graduate of Sikeston High School. He attended Southeast Missouri State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a minor in accounting.

Plans are being finalized for a September wedding.

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