Weddings/Engagements from July 2009

James and Peggy Tedlock of Nevada, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Dawn Tedlock, to Jason Thomas Berberich, son of Kevin Berberich and the late Valerie Berberich, of Bonner Springs, Kan. Tiffany is a 2004 graduate of Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. She is currently employed by Kansas City Kansas Public Schools as a teacher...

Announcement is made of the marriage of James Bradley Thompson to Alissa Anne Colwell on Sept. 6, 2008, at the Immaculate Conception Church, Jackson, Mo. Vows were solemnized by the Rev. John Harth. Jana Walker, Fort Scott, served as matron of honor; Katrina Colwell as maid of honor. Attendants were Jennifer Maevers, Altenburg, Mo., Andrea Wilkinson, of Jackson, and Molly Burnett, Cape Girardeau, Mo...

Carolyn Sperry and Steven Lewis were married Feb. 21, 2009, in a nuptial mass at St. James Catholic Church in Redondo Beach, Calif. The Rev. Joe J. Kammerer was the officiant. Dinner and dancing followed at the Redondo Beach Historic Library. The bride was given in marriage by her parents, Nuala and John Sperry, of Nevada, with Stephanie Giessel Purvis serving as matron of honor. Julie Johnson O'Neill, Kate Beaver Kiger and Ursula Szeszko Sperry were bridal attendants...

John and Lorina Foreman exchanged wedding vows June 13, 2009, at Postlethwaite Park in Nevada, Mo. Roger Beach, pastor, officiated the ceremony. A reception for friends and family followed at the Nevada Elks Bingo Hall. The couple will reside in Nevada...

Jack and Jean Gilmore observed their 50th wedding anniversary on July 11. They were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Gardner, Kan. on July 11, 1959. They have three children: Anita Yerkes, Olathe, Kan.; Louise LaGreco, Meridian, Mississippi; and Mark Gilmore, Fort Scott...

David and Julie Saker, of Fort Scott, Kan., observed their 25th wedding anniversary on June 29, 2009. David and the former Julie Wisdom were married in 1984 in Fort Scott. The couple have one child and two grandchildren.

Daryl and Maggie Weston, of Nevada, announce the marriage of Jennifer Banes, daughter of Debbie Green, of Joplin, Mo., to their son, Joshua Weston. The wedding took place June 27, 2009, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in the garden of the home of the groom's parents. Officiating was the Rev. Tom Haynes of the Anchor Fellowship Congregation...

Bruce and Beth Pettibon, Nevada, announce the upcoming wedding of their son, Brett Jared Pettibon, to Kristin Dawn Norwood. Kristin is the daughter of Dale and Dawn Norwood, Lamar. The couple will be married in Lamar on Aug. 1. Brett is a 2001 graduate of Nevada High School and a 2006 graduate of Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education in History/Government. ...

Announcement is made of the engagement of Jamie Clements to Jeff Johnson. Clements is the daughter of Donald and Tonya Clements, Cabot, Ark. She will graduate in May 2010 with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Southwest Baptist University. Johnson is the son of Ken and Judy Loomer, Nevada. Mo. He is an Aircraft manufacturing manager at Precision Aero Services in Nevada...