Weddings and Anniversaries

Harold and Norma McKinney of Batesville will celebrate their 51st wedding anniversary with a drop-in reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Assembly of God Family Life Center located at 20th and Lyon streets in Batesville.
Norma Martin and Harold McKinney were married March 13, 1959, at Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville by the Rev. R.A. Bone.
Mr. McKinney is retired from White River Petroleum Company as petroleum marketer. Mrs. McKinney retired from the Arkansas State Highway Department as district secretary. They are members of First Assembly of God in Batesville.

EVENING SHADE — Juney and Bobbie Smith of Evening Shade will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday.
Juney Smith and Bobbie Croft were married in Evening Shade on March 6, 1960. The couple has two children, Judy Smith of Evening Shade and Randy Smith of Sidney; three grandchildren, Lori Wolfe of Evening Shade, Ashley Smith and Logan Smith, both of Sidney; and a great-grandchild, Brayden Smith, also of Sidney.
The couple owned and operated Smith’s Garage and Station in Evening Shade for many years.

JONESBORO — Vaughn and Ellen Wisdom of Jonesboro have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Erin Deirdre Wisdom, to Robert Joseph Miehl, son of Mike and Karen Cole of Bono and the late Michael Miehl.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ida Dickey of Jonesboro and the late Melvin Dickey and the late C.W. and Juanita Wisdom.
She is a 2009 honor graduate of Westside High School and is a freshman at Arkansas State University.
She is employed at St. Bernard’s Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro.

HERMITAGE — Russell and Debbie Woodard of Hermitage have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Corrine Woodard, to Andrew Wilson Hoggard, son of James and Althea Hoggard of Cave City.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Madge Reynolds of Hermitage and the late Jerrell Reynolds and the late William and Velvia Woodard of Warren.
She is a 2003 graduate of Hermitage High School and a 2009 graduate of South Arkansas University with a degree in radiology. She is employed by South Arkansas Medical Associates in El Dorado.