16 • THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2011
Barr-Straughn
Mr. and Mrs. William Pelham Barr of McLean, Va., announce the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Anne Barr, to Pelham Agee Straughn, son of Dr. and Mrs. John Michael Straughn of Birmingham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Martin Francis
Joseph-Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Carlo H. Joseph III announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Kathleen, to Matthew Blair Williamson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Milligan of Pelham and Mr. and Mrs. William Williamson of Atlanta. Miss Joseph is the granddaugh-
Limbaugh-Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tyler Limbaugh Jr. of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Gene Austin Limbaugh, to Van Thomas Webb, son of Dr. and Mrs. Mike Ivey of Sylacauga and Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Webb of Fairhope. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. Samuel Eason
WEDDINGS & ENGAGEMENTS Moynihan of Blauvelt, N.Y., and the late Mr. Moynihan and the late Mr. and Mrs. Donald Barr of Colebrook, Conn. Miss Barr is a 2003 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and received her juris doctorate from George Washington University Law School in 2007. She is employed by the United States House of Representatives on the Committee on Agriculture. The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Locklin Agee of Monroeville and the late Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Andrew Straughn of Repton. Mr. Straughn is a 1993 graduate of Mountain Brook High School and a 1997 graduate of HampdenSydney College. He is a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He is employed by the United States House of Representatives on the Committee on Agriculture. The wedding is planned for July 30 in Washington, D.C.
ter of Ms. Karolyn Mersmann, Dr. and Mrs. James Mersmann and Mrs. Sadie Joseph and the late Mr. Carlo H. Joseph, Jr. all of Hoover. Mr. Williamson is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Landry of Baton Rouge and Mr. and Mrs. Lehman Williamson and Ms. Fran Hernandez. Miss Joseph graduated from Hoover High School and attended Marymount Manhattan College in New York City and the University of Montevallo. She is a personal trainer at Equinox Fitness Center in Greenwich Village in New York City. Mr. Williamson graduated from Pelham High School and received a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Montevallo. He is the owner of the Boston School of Guitar and is an instructor at the New York City Guitar School. The wedding is planned for Sept. 4 in New York City. Balch Sr. and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Brock Balch and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tyler Limbaugh Sr. of Birmingham. Ms. Limbaugh is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School. She graduated from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and public relations. She is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and was presented at the Ball of Roses. She is employed with Norwood Clinic. The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe L. Wilkins of Sylacauga and Mrs. Sue Bradley of Fairhope and the late Mr. Wilton Webb of Roanoke. Mr. Webb is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School and Auburn University, where he received his master of landscape architecture degree. He is a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and is an Eagle Scout. The wedding is planned for July 30.
OVER THE MOUNTAIN JOURNAL
Thomas Robert Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Wagner of East Grand Forks, Minn. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Bennett William Benton and the late Mr. Benton of Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Avery Miller Jr. of Birmingham. She is a 2008 magna cum laude graduate of Auburn University School of Nursing. Ms. Benton is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, and Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Theta Tau honor societies. She served as the 2007-2008 president of Auburn University School of Nursing. She is employed as a labor and delivery nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. and will complete her master’s in family nurse practitioner school at Vanderbilt University School of
Nursing in August 2012. The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Norman Roy Wagner and the late Mr. Wagner of Fisher, Minn. and the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Archibald Mack of East Grand Forks, Minn. He is a 2007 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a 2009 flight school graduate at Fort Rucker in Enterprise. He was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom 2010-2011 as a UH-60 Blackhawk platoon leader. Captain Wagner recently assumed responsibility of the aviation maintenance platoon and re-deployed to the United States. He is currently stationed in Fort Campbell, Ky. The wedding is planned for July 23.
Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Anna Melissa, to Aaron Richard Tallo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tallo of Birmingham and Senatobia, Miss. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late R. D. Smith and Mrs. Babs Smith of Albertville and Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Schulz of Talladega. She is a 2004 graduate of Oak Mountain High School and a 2009 graduate of Auburn University, earning bachelor’s degrees in marketing and Spanish. She is employed as a financial sales advisor at BBVA Compass Bank, Cahaba Heights, in Birmingham.
The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Fred and Mary Tallo of Las Vegas and the late Truesdale and Thelma Kerr of Jonesville, S.C. He is a 2001 graduate of Senatobia High School and attended Northwest Mississippi Community College before earning his bachelor’s degree in banking and finance in 2006 from the University of Mississippi. He is employed as a financial sales advisor at BBVA Compass Bank, Brookwood, in Birmingham. The couple will be married on Aug. 20 at the Lutheran Church of Vestavia Hills. After a honeymoon in Madrid, they will live in Homewood.
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Wyatt of Homewood announce the engage-
ment of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Dr. Walt Doty, the son of Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Doty of Dothan and the late Sharon Doty Phillips of Carbon Hill. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Patrick Wyatt of Montevallo and Mr. Arthur Klopack and the late Mrs. Klopack of Birmingham. Miss Wyatt earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the University of Alabama School of Education in 2006 and a master’s degree in elementary education from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2009. She is a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and the Junior League of Birmingham.
She is employed by the Shelby County Board of Education as a third grade teacher. The groom’s grandparents are the late Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Hardin of Carbon Hill and the late Mr. and Mrs. Walter Doty Jr. of Birmingham. Dr. Doty earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2002, graduating magna cum laude, and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in 2007. He is a hospitalist for the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation The wedding is planned for June 18.
Allen-Clark
Dr. and Mrs. Bibb Allen Jr. announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Emily Allen, to Paul Richard Clark, son of Mrs. David Bruce Lynam of Vestavia Hills and Dr. Charles Hobart Clark III of Birmingham. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Erle Ralls and Mrs. Bibb Allen Sr. and the late Mr. Allen, all of Birmingham. Miss Allen is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School and Vanderbilt University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in biology. She is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She was presented at the Beaux Arts Krewe
Ball, the Ball of Roses, the Heritage Ball and the Redstone Ball. Mr. Clark is the grandson of Mrs. Charles Hobart Clark Jr. and the late Mr. Clark of Huntsville and the late Mr. And Mrs. Richard Dana of Fort Worth, Texas. He is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School and Vanderbilt University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering. Miss Allen and Mr. Clark both attend the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile. The wedding is planned for July 9.
Benton-Wagner
Mr. and Mrs. William David Benton of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Benton, to Captain
Smith-Tallo
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith of
Wyatt-Doty