Society World

Jet, May 28, 2001

* Loving Embrace: Jamie Brewster took Tonya Brooks-Blakney's hand in marriage at the Woodland Hills Country Club in Memphis, TN. The bride, a graduate of the University of Arkansas and the University of Memphis, is a school psychologist with the Victor Valley Union High School District. An import/export manager with Exel Global, the groom is a graduate of the University of Memphis.

* Classy Affair: The former Delicia J. Delgardo united with Andrew J. Dorsett at Parkway United Methodist Church in Milton, MA. The bride, a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, is an accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The groom, a pianist, is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Boston. Florida was the lovebirds' honeymoon hideaway. They reside in California.

* Eyes For Only You: Dr. William Terrel Brown wed Yulonda Candelario-Brown at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Haven, CT. The bride is a surgical technologist in labor/delivery at Yale Hospital. The groom is a postdoctoral fellow at Yale Child Study. He earned a doctorate from the University of Delaware. They honeymooned in New York. The happy couple currently resides in New Haven.

* One of A Kind: Donald Ray Smiley, Jr. married Dr. Candace Naomi DeLisa Holmes at St. Scholastica Church in Detroit. The bride, a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana and Life University's School of Chiropractic, is a practicing chiropractor in Cincinnati. The groom, a graduate of Life University, Georgia, is an auditor with Chrysler Financial Corporation. The loving twosome honeymooned in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

* For You I Will: Ericca Shaun Stedham became the wife of Derrick Keith Douglas at Saint Andrew Baptist Church in Tulsa, OK. The newlyweds are both graduates of Texas Southern University. The bride, a minister, is a graduate student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The groom is a software engineer at United Space Alliance in Houston. Hawaii was the honeymoon spot. They plan to reside in Houston.

* Once In A Lifetime: Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Seals celebrated five decades of marriage by renewing their marital vows at their home in College Park, GA. Mrs. Vera Seals, who renewed her vows in the same dress she wore 50 years ago, is a retired registered nurse. Her dedicated mate is a retired supervisor of planners and estimators with the federal government. They are the parents of three, grandparents of nine and great-grandparents of two.