Weddings/Engagements from February 2012

Kay Wingate and Marvin Swickhamer were married on Feb. 17, 1962, at the Methodist Church in Metz, Mo. The Swickhamers have two daughters, Karla and Lucinda, and three granddaughters, Savanna, Rheagan, and Haydn. To honor the couple's 50th wedding anniversary, a celebration will take place at the Community First Bank, 915 W. Fort Scott St., in Butler, Mo., from 2-4 p.m. on Feb. 19, 2012. The presence of family and friends are the only gifts desired...

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer will host their parents' 50th anniversary on Feb. 26, 2012, from 1-4 p.m., at the United Methodist Church basement, Nevada, Mo. They were married in Northeast Kansas City in the Parsonage of the Assumption by Monsignor Ahern on Feb. 26, 1962...

Elizabeth Ann Sears and Michael Allen Rayburn Jr. announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Elizabeth is the daughter of Gary and Wilda Sears, Hume, Mo. Michael is the son of Mike and Sue Rayburn, Liberal, Mo. Elizabeth is a 2000 graduate of Hume High School. She received a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 2005 and a Master of Science for Reading Specialist in 2011 from Pittsburg State University. She currently teaches fourth grade at Sheldon R-8 Schools...

Announcement is made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miranda Leann Lawson to Ashley Warren Stevenson. Miranda is the daughter of Terry and Hazel Lawson, formally of Nevada, who now reside in Knob Noster, Mo. Ashley is the son of John Stevenson of Blue Springs, Mo., and the late Joann Stevenson...

Ashley Feagins and Tyler Travis announce their engagement and plans to be married on June 16, 2012. The event will take place at 4 o'clock, at 1463 Highway 54, in Fort Scott. The bride-elect is the daughter of Jeff and Brenda Feagins of Uniontown, Kan. The prospective groom is the son of Tim and Kerri Travis, of Fort Scott...

Maxine Krull, formerly of Blue Mound, Kan., on behalf of herself and the late Bobby Krull, announce the engagement of their daughter, Brenda Krull, to James Johnson Jr. of Helena, Mont. Ms. Krull, a graduate of Pittsburg State University, is an account manager for Mountain West Insurance LLC, in Helena...

Announcement is made of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miranda Leann Lawson to Ashley Warren Stevenson. Miranda is the daughter of Terry and Hazel Lawson, formally of Nevada, who now reside in Knob Noster, Mo. Ashley is the son of John Stevenson of Blue Springs, Mo., and the late Joann Stevenson...