Weddings/Engagements from August 2010

Kimberly Kristine Adelhardt and Casey William Pritchett are engaged to be married on Sept. 4, 2010, in a 2 p.m. ceremony in Pratt, Kan. The bride-elect is the daughter of Roger and Kris Adelhardt, of Pratt. The groom to be is the son of Kevin Pritchett and Kathy Pritchett, both formerly of Fort Scott, now of Pratt...

Toby Nighswonger and Nicole Pellett were united in marriage on July 16, 2010 on Almond Beach at Jaguar Reef Resort, Hopkins, Belize, Central America.

Stephanie Brooks and Justin Nations were married April 24, 2010, in an outdoor ceremony at the Keltoi Winery, Oronogo, Mo. Parents of the couple are Stephen and Sherrill Brooks, Nevada, and Terry and Sharon Nations, Webb City. Vows were exchanged beneath a floral decorated arbor. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory gown with train and carried a bouquet of yellow roses, white lilies and blue delphiniums...

Stephen, Jesse and Ken Biles Jr. announce the marriage of their mother, Denise Biles, to Chuck Codrey, father of Clay and Wyatt Codrey. Denise and Chuck were married Aug. 6, 2010, and reside in Nevada.

Hope E. Burch and A. Colwell Holeman, of Bronson, Kan., were married Aug. 23, 1950, at the Bronson United Methodist Church. They will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary at the home with their family on Aug. 22. The Holemans have lived in the Bronson community their entire married lives, on the farm once owned by Colwell's grandparents...

Maria Shead and Clayton Whitson were married at 10 a.m. on July 17, 2010 at the Shead Farm, followed by a pancake, sausage and farm-grown applesauce reception. Activities included pony rides, horseshoes, and water activities. Officiating were the bride's father, Larry Shead and Ronnie Cornwell...

Robert and Joyce Estes of Joplin, Mo., formerly of Ft. Scott, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 6, 2010. They are planning a reception later this year with family and friends. Robert Leroy Estes, of Conway Springs, Kan., and Joyce Ann Fearmonti, of West Mineral, Kan., were married Aug. 6, 1960, at St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Scammon, Kan...

Marie Hoover and Richard Dean Marshall of Fort Scott were married on Aug. 27, 1950, at the Freewill Baptist Church, Hannon, Mo. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary earlier with family members at Deer Run Resort, Branson, Mo. The Marshalls are retired educators and have lived in the Fort Scott area for 50 years. Their immediate family includes daughter Diane and husband Darrell Spencer, and son Marcus Marshall, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren...

Maria Shead and Clayton Whitson were married at 10 a.m. on July 17, 2010 at the Shead Farm, followed by a pancake, sausage and farm-grown applesauce reception. Activities included pony rides, horseshoes, and water activities. Officiating were the bride's father, Larry Shead and Ronnie Cornwell...

Mr. and Mrs. Alan Eck of El Dorado Springs, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Kay Eck, to Taylor Boone Rainey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rainey, of Nevada. Sara graduated from Drury University in 2008 and is currently teaching second grade at El Dorado Springs. Taylor is a 2009 graduate of Pittsburg State University and is employed by the El Dorado Springs School District as a Middle School Special Education teacher and an assistant high school football coach...

William Madison Jones and Pamela Denise DeBoutez were recently married. The couple exchanged vows Aug. 6, 2010, in Greensboro, N.C. Pam was a 1981 graduate of Nevada High School and owned her own hair salon in Nevada for more than 10 years. Bill was a 1977 graduate of NHS and recently returned to work for his long-time employer, Green Tree Servicing, LLC, of St. Paul Minn...