Milestones

Mr. and Mrs. Roger Vance Clayton of New Albany are proud to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Sallye Kathryn Clayton of New Albany to William Johnson Bowlin of New Albany. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Andrew Harville of Corinth, Mrs. Joyce Clayton and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joel Clayton of Potts Camp. Sallye graduated from Booneville High School in 2004 as a Hall of Fame graduate and also received her Associate of Arts degree in Accounting from Northeast Mississippi Community College in 2006.

Thomas and Shirley Stanford will be celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary April 26, 2009 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the New Albany Church of God. The Stanfords have two children named Rebecca Mayo and Alton, Deborah Hall and David, two grandchildren Tony Hall and Andy Mayo. A reception was given in honor by their children.

Jeff and Tonya Scott of Shannon are pleased to announce the arrival of their son, John Marlin Scott. He was born Friday, March 27, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in the Women's Hospital in Tupelo. He weighed 3 pounds, 15 ounces and was 17 inches long. He is welcomed home by two sisters Callie and Cari. His grandparents are Eddie and Kathy Wilburn of Fulton; Johnie and Sheila Scott of Tupelo; Callie Ruth Frederick and the late James Marlin Frederick of Shannon. His great-grandparents are David and Lynda Coleman of New Albany and Isabelle Scott of Sherman.

Bill and Sue Anderson of New Albany celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on April 1, 2009. They were married April 1, 1954 in Tupelo at First Methodist Church. They have a daughter named Nancy Kesselring (Jim) of Leesburg, Va., a son named Richard Anderson of Deys Gays, NC, and two grandsons Will Anderson (Whitney) of Jacksonville, Fla. and Jan Anderson of Deys Gays, NC. They had a private party at their home. They had their honeymoon at Chickasaw State Park in Henderson, Tenn. in 1954 and returned to the park for their 55th anniversary.