Society World

Jet, June 11, 2001

Never Gonna Let You Go: Maunda Ghenet Burke and William Carsdale Land, Jr. married at the Lansing Center in Lansing, MI. Both are graduates of Michigan State University. The bride is the legislative policy coordinator for state Rep. Kwame Kilpatrick. The groom is an urban planner for Michigan's Department of Transportation. The newlyweds enjoyed a romance-filled honeymoon in Ochos Rios, Jamaica.

True Devotion: Sherman Russell Mahan, Jr. made the former Sherrie Lanaye Ellis his wife at the North East Baptist Church in Durham, NC. The bride is a senior nursing student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The groom, an internal wholesaler for Stephens Inc., is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Charlotte, NC, is where the loving twosome plan to reside.

A Blessing Received: Leibra Smith pledged her eternal love to Willie Watson at All People International Church in Jacksonville, FL. A graduate of Florida Community College, the bride is a senior at the University of North Florida. She is employed by Johnson & Johnson. The groom, a graduate of Bethune-Cookman College and the Truth For Living Bible College, is employed by Bombardier Capital Inc. as a marketing manager. The honeymoon spot was Jamaica.

From This Day: Timothy A. James and Portia Y. Jones wed at Aenon Baptist Church in Rochester, NY. The bride, a graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia and Nazareth College, is a manager of corporate human resources at Wegmans Food Markets, Intl. The groom, a graduate of Florida A&M University, is the director of sales for the Greater Rochester Visitors Assoc. They honeymooned in Barbados.

Two Hearts Beat As One: Loren Henderson said "I do" with Deirdra Jackson at Ben Hill United Methodist Church in Atlanta. The bride, a sales executive with Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a graduate of Morris Brown College. The groom, a graduate of the University of Texas, is the executive producer of the "Steve Harvey Morning Show" on Los Angeles' KKBT-100.3 The Beat. Maui, Hawaii, was the honeymoon spot.

Fantastic 50 Years!: Dr. and Mrs. George Kent of Dover, DE, commemorated 50 years of marriage during a cruise to the Caribbean. Mrs. Eleanor Kent taught for 31 years before retiring. Her devoted spouse for five decades is a retired professor who served as the chairperson of the Department of Education at Delaware State University. They are the parents of a son and a daughter. The Kents have three grandchildren.