Mr.
and Mrs. Timothy Grubbs of South Fulton, Tennessee announce the
engagement of their daughter, Megan Elizabeth Grubbs to Clark Seburn
Hendrix, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Thomas Hendrix III of Fulton,
Kentucky.
Ms.
Grubbs is a 2006 graduate of South Fulton High School. In 2010 she
earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Art with an emphasis in Graphic
Design. She is now employed at Harris Chiropractic in Union City,
Tennessee.
Mr. Hendrix graduated from Fulton City High School in 1997. He
joined the United States Air Force in 2003 and was stationed at Dyess
A.F.B. in Abilene, Texas until he separated from active duty in 2009. He
joined the Tennessee Air National Guard in the summer of 2009 and
continues to serve. Mr.
Hendrix will graduate from the University of Tennessee at Martin in May
2012 with Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Management.
The nuptials will take place at a private resort in Montego Bay, Jamaica on March 6, 2012
Daphne Susann Boyd and Cody Ryan Hutchens
Mike and Donna Boyd of South Fulton are
pleased to announce the
engagement of their daughter Daphne to Cody
Hutchens, son of
John and Brandy Hutchens of South Fulton and
Kenny and
Lovie Lee of Fulgham Ky. Daphne is a graduate
of Arnolds Beauty
School and is employed at Styles and Profiles
Salon in Dresden, Tn.
and Cody is a criminal justice major at West
Kentucky Tech in Paducah,
Ky. pursuing a degree in law enforcement. They
are planning a spring wedding.
Cruz to wed Fulton native Gearhart
Don Antonio Cruz Martín and Doña Josefa Jiménez Guerra of
El Rubio, Spain announce the engagement of their daughter, Encarnación Cruz
Jiménez, to Grant Allen Gearhart, son of Allen and Jen Ray Gearhart of Fulton,
Kentucky. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Francisco Cruz Martín
and Luisa Martín Ballesteros of El Rubio and Francisca Guerra López and the
late Joaquín Jiménez Giráldez of El Rubio.
Ms. Cruz is a 2005 graduate of the University of Seville
where she earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in English Philology, and a
2010 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she completed
a Master’s of Arts degree in Hispanic Literature. Currently she is pursuing her
Ph.D. in Hispanic Literature focusing on novels from the Mexican Revolution and
the Spanish Civil War, as well as film studies covering those two periods of
conflict. Ms. Cruz has translated two books from English into Spanish and has
published articles in Ningún crítico
cuenta esto and Explicación de Textos
Literarios. She was selected as the “Outstanding Teaching Fellow for
Undergraduate Teaching” at UNC in 2010. She is currently preparing for her
doctoral examinations, teaching English classes for professionals, and serving
as a consultant for UNC’s Study Abroad program in Seville.
Mr. Gearhart is the grandson of Helen Gearhart and the
late Dr. Abraham Gearhart of Owensboro, Kentucky and Wilma Browder and the late
Charles Browder of Fulton, Kentucky. He was the 1998 Fulton High School
valedictorian and graduated Cum Laude in 2003 from Sewanee: The University of
the South with degrees in Economics and Spanish, while earning four varsity
letters playing basketball for the Tigers. Prior to entering graduate school at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mr. Gearhart taught Spanish at
the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Providence Day School in
Charlotte, North Carolina. He received his Masters of Arts in Hispanic
Literature in 2009 from UNC and is now a Ph.D. candidate in Medieval and Early
Modern Spanish Literature. Mr. Gearhart is currently a Visiting Lecturer in the
Departmento de Literature Inglesa y Norteamericana at the University of Seville
where he is presenting “Transatlantic Encounters: A Series of Lectures Discussing
North American and Spanish Culture in the Twenty-first Century” while also
teaching English classes for Engineers and Computer Science majors.
Additionally, he is researching and writing his dissertation “The Poetics of
War: the Evolution of Battle Scenes in Medieval Spanish Texts.”
The nuptials will take place at the Church of the Virgen
del Rosario in El Rubio, Spain on July 21st, 2012. A reception will
follow at the Hacienda Parchilena.
Harris, Polach announce engagement
Granville Joe Thomas of Cunningham, KY and Susan Jennae Baker of Paducah, KY announce the engagement of their son, Louis Elliot Polach to Desteny Faith Harris of Wingo KY.
Ms. Harris is a student at Hickman County High School who will graduate in May of 2012. She plans to attend West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah KY as a math major.
Mr. Polach is a 2009 graduate of Lyon County High School in Eddyville KY, and plans resume school in August at West Kentucky Community and Technical College to become as a Paralegal major.
The wedding is scheduled for August 25, 2012 at Ms. Harris’s home in Wingo KY. More details about the location will be available as the date gets closer though.