Society World

* More Than Wonderful: Kenneth C. Ross and Nicole E. Boone wed at St. Mark United Methodist Church in Chicago, IL. The bride is a graduate of Hampton University. She is a full-time student who is pursuing a master's degree in social work at the University of Chicago. The groom, a graduate of Chicago State University, is a police officer with the Chicago Housing Authority. They honeymooned in Antigua.

* Framed Forever: Mr. and Mrs. David Boone Jr. pledged their eternal love at Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. The bride, the former Kelli H. Bacote, is a graduate of Howard University and Emory University. She is attending National Louis University. The groom, a graduate of Morehouse College, is a hospital sales representative with Centeon. Negril, Jamaica, was where they honeymooned.

* Golden Bond: Mr. and Mrs. Foster L. Giles are thankful and feel blessed to recently have celebrated 50 years of love and happiness at their home in Bessemer, AL. Mrs. Nannette B. Giles is a homemaker. Her dedicated soul mate for five decades retired from the former U.S. Steel Corporation where he worked for 40 years. The Giles are the parents of five daughters.

* Sweet Spirit: Gerald Medlock and Michelle Swain united as one at Sweetfield Baptist Church in Jacksonville, FL. The lovebirds both are graduates of the University of North Florida. The bride is a data conversion operator with the U.S. Postal Service Remote Encoding Center. The bridegroom is a logistics supervisor with Roadway Express. The honeymoon spot for the loving twosome was the Bahamas.

* Starting Anew: Anthony Greene II and Kimberly Firley joined in holy matrimony in Jamaica. The bride is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. She is a corporate accountant for Alliance Data Systems. The groom is a graduate of Morehouse College. He is a territory sales manager for Mead School and Office Products. Ocho Rios and Negril, Jamaica, were the honeymoon spots for the happy couple.

* Smiles To Cherish: Drs. Charles Jefferson Hackett, Jr. and Raymonia Archiretia Eddleton married at Cedar Street Baptist Church of God in Richmond, VA. The bride, a graduate of the University of Tennessee's School of Dentistry, is a pediatric dentist at the Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio. The groom, a graduate of Howard University's College of Dentistry, is a general dentist at Kings College of Medicine and Dentistry in London, England.