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Julie Anna Meacham & Brandon Lee Deer march 31, 2012
chapEl of mEmoriEs, msU campUs • starkvillE, mississippi
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r. and Mrs. Kenneth Wayne Meacham Jr. of Brookhaven announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Anna Meacham, to Brandon Lee Deer, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Bruce Deer of Ridgeland. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Lillian Foster Meacham and the late Kenneth Wayne Meacham Sr. of Vicksburg, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Grady Martin Eakes of Philadelphia. Miss Meacham is a 2005 honor graduate of Brookhaven High School and a 2010 graduate of Mississippi State University where she received a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She is associated with the Nowell Agency. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Agnes Crawford and the late Lloyd Mitchell Crawford, and Shirley Deer and the late Dr. George Wendell Deer, all of Clinton. Deer is a 2006 graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and a 2010 graduate of Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s of business administration degree in management of construction and land development. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He is associated with N.L. Carson Construction. The couple will exchange vows March 31 at 6:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Memories on the campus of Mississippi State University with a reception to follow at the Historic Hotel Chester in Starkville.
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Mary Margaret Bracken & David Lee McKinnon march 24, 2012
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christ UnitEd mEthodist chUrch • Jackson, mississippi
r. and Mrs. Michael Larry Bracken and Diane Russell Bracken announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Margaret Bracken, to David Lee McKinnon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Gray McKinnon. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Francis Bracken Jr. of Jackson, and Sherry Stubbs Russell and the late Talmon Evon Russell of Brandon. Miss Bracken was graduated cum laude from Hinds Community College in 2007 with an associate degree in nursing. She is associated with Baptist Hospital as a registered nurse and will graduate in May 2012 from the University of Mississippi Medical Center with a master’s in nursing healthcare administration. The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Heber Ethridge, and the late Barbara Beckman Ethridge, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Dayton McKinnon, all of Jackson. McKinnon is a 2001 graduate of Jackson Academy and a 2005 graduate of the University of Mississippi where he received a double major in finance. At Ole Miss, he was an active member of Sigma Chi fraternity and was elected as vice president of the business school. He has been associated with the Bottrell Insurance Agency since 2006 and serves as a construction / surety bonds producer across the Southeast. The couple will be married March 24 at Christ United Methodist Church.
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