Society World

Jet, August 13, 2001

* The One For Me: Gwendolyn I. Long became the wife of Jerome C. Harris, Jr. during a ceremony in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. The bride is chief of staff to the mayor of Trenton, NJ. She is a doctoral candidate at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. The bridegroom is the director of the Institute of Urban and Public Policy at Rowan University. The newlyweds will reside in Trenton.

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* Hearts Filled With Joy: Demetrius McCormick joined in holy matrimony with Stacie Selmon at Christian Liberty Baptist Church in Kosciusko, MS. The bride, a graduate teaching assistant at the University of Southern Mississippi, is a graduate of Mississippi State University. The groom is a graduate of Tuskegee University. He is pursuing a doctoral degree in polymer science at the University of Southern Mississippi.

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* Leaning On Love: Welmon Barriere, Jr. pledged his eternal love to the former Denise Perkins at Locust Grove Baptist Church in Atlanta. The bride is a graduate of Albany State University. She is a revenue accountant for Cingular Wireless. The groom attended Southern University; he is a Georgia real estate property appraiser. Disney World in Orlando, FL, is where they honeymooned.

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* That Glow: Tomeka Ryan and Carlton Shaw are happy in love after they married at the Savannah Lakes Golf Club Resort and Marina in McCormick, SC. Both are graduates of North Carolina A&T State University. The bride, also a graduate of East Carolina University, is a registered nurse at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. The bridegroom is a quality assurance engineer. They honeymooned in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.

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* Time To Celebrate: Dr. Carlos H. Powers and Valerie A. Green united in an elegant rite of marriage ceremony at the Renaissance Houston Hotel in Washington, D.C. The bride is a former stockbroker with UBS/ PaineWebber. The groom is a dentist in private practice on Capitol Hill. He also is senior partner of the couple's e-commerce business, Powers & Associates. The loving twosome plan to reside in Washington.

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* More Than Six Decades: Mr. and Mrs. Dee Roberts of Henrietta, TX, commemorated 67 years of marriage with family and friends by attending worship service at Eastside Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, TX. Mrs. Mable Roberts is a homemaker. Her dedicated mate of more than six decades is a retired farmer. The Roberts are the parents of five. They are the grandparents of seven and the great-grandparents of six.