Weddings/Engagements from April 2008

George and Wilma Vandenburg, of Richards, Mo., will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on May 6, 2008. In honor of the occasion and following the renewal of vows, the couple's children will host a reception Saturday, May 3, at the Nevada/Vernon County Community Center from 2 to 4 p.m., with a family dinner to follow...

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Claypool will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday, April 20, 2008. The couple's children, Tom, Jon and Tim and their families, will host an informal reception from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Moore-Few Community Room, in Nevada...

Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Brewer will observe their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Sunday, April 27, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Nevada Sunrise Restaurant Banquet Room. Carl Wayne Brewer and Carol Foley were married on April 21, 1958, in Belton, Mo., at the home of the bride's parents, with the Rev. ...

A reception will be held on April 19, 2008, in Memphis, Tenn., to celebrate the marriage of Christina M. Warner and David G. Metzger. The couple exchanged vows on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, on Oct. 3, 2007. The bride is currently employed as a psychologist at the University of Tennessee Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities. The groom is employed as a financial advisor for Legacy Wealth Management. The couple reside in Memphis...

Dennis and Teresa Summers, both of Dixon, Mo., announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jessica Nicole Summers, Springfield, Mo., to James Robert Wheeler, of Springfield, son of Sharon Wheeler, Milo, Mo., and the late Robert Wheeler...

Tom and Diana Charles, Richards, Mo., and Mark and Charlotte Folbre, Auxvasse, Mo., announce the approaching marriage of their daughter, Mary Allison Folbre, to Gregory Lyle Veach, of Springfield, Mo., son of Robert and Pat Veach, of Nixa, Mo. Bride-elect Folbre, a graduate of Nevada High School, is employed as a server by Nakato's, Springfield...