Milestones

Kimberly Jo Perkins of New Albany and Norris Junior Smith (Mante) of Blue Mountain welcomed son Mante “Maddox” Smith into the world on May 12, 2009 at 10:50 a.m. at Baptist Memorial Hospital – Union County in New Albany, Miss. He weighed 7 pounds, 2 ounces and was 18 inches long. Maddox was greeted by brother Tyler Reed Perkins and sister Elizabeth Anne Perkins. He is the grandson of Norris and Carolyn Smith of Blue Mountain and Ricky and Wilma Nolen of New Albany.

Faron and Brenda Ash of Potts Camp, Miss. are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Jennifer Ash to James Fuller of Blue Mountain, Miss. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late A. W. and Birdie Boren of Potts Camp and Gene Ash of Potts Camp and Martha Canten of Cornersville, Miss. Jennifer is a 2004 graduate of East Union Attendance Center. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from Blue Mountain College in 2008. She is employed as a Science teacher at Galena Elementary.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bulloch Eley of Cleveland, Miss. announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lara Kathryn Eley, to Samuel Ross Barkley, son of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Ford Barkley of New Albany, Miss.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Mildred Bailey of Cleveland and the late Mr. Ben Townes Bailey, Sr. of Benoit, Miss., and Mrs. Kathryn T. Eley and the late Dr. William A. Eley of Cleveland.

Ralph and Doris Gillespie of Blue Springs will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on January 17, 2009 at the Sherman Church of Christ in the Fellowship Building from 1 – 3 p.m. They were married January 22, 1949 in Tupelo. Their children are Tim and Patricia Holcomb of Ecru, Jeff and Elaine Gillespie of the Endville Community, Frank and Margaret Anderson of Blue Springs,  Mitch and Nancy Brazeal of Saltillo, and Dr. Chuck and Karen Capps of Franklin, Tenn. The Gillespies also have 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The couple requests no gifts.