Society World

Faith, Hope And Love: Shamus M. Thompson and the former Tanya D. Wilkerson exchanged marital vows at the Friendship Baptist Church in Detroit, MI. The bride is a graduate of Tuskegee University. She is a mechanical engineer for General Motors. The bridegroom also is a graduate of Tuskegee University. He is a maintenance supervisor for Delphi. The happy lovebirds plan to reside in Grand Blanc, MI.

Elegant Nuptials: Winston Oliver Huff made Lisa Roseanne Haley his wife at Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, PA. The bride, program diversified manager for B.T. Office Products in Chicago, is a graduate of Brown University. The groom, patent attorney with the firm Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray and Brown in Chicago, is a graduate of Howard University and the Northwestern University School of Law.

Wonderful Day: Kesha LaShon Dodd became the wife of Christopher LaVon Walker at the Regular Baptist Church of New Orleans, LA. A graduate of the Xavier University College of Pharmacy, the bride is a pharmacist at Reliant Pharmacy in Southaven, MS. A graduate of Millsaps College, the groom is a law student at The University of Mississippi School of Law. They honeymooned in Maui, Hawaii.

Band Of Gold: Sean Bryan Freeman and Jan Jana Butts united in holy matrimony at the Union Baptist Church in Surry, VA. The bride, a graduate of Virginia Union University, is an accountant for GE Financial Assurance in Richmond. The groom, a graduate of North Carolina A&T University, is an access designer engineer for GTE in Warsaw, VA. Mechanicsville, VA, is where the couple plans to reside.

The Richest Blessing: Thomas Keller and Gina Nichole Brown joined as one at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of Syracuse University, the bride is an account executive at Bowne of New York. A graduate of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the groom is a second grade detective for the New York City Police Department. They honeymooned in Paris and London.

Five Decades Of Forever: Mr. and Mrs. James Boykin celebrated 50 years of marriage with family and friends at LaFontaine Bleu in Baltimore, MD. Mrs. Gladys Leak-Boykin is a retired day-care provider and homemaker. Her dedicated mate for five decades retired from Bethlehem Steel-Sparrows Point after 32 years of service. The Boykins are faithful and active members of the First Mt. Olive Freewill Baptist Church. They have four children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.