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Page 8B THE NORTHSIDE SUN, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Thursday, May 7, 2009<br />
Miss Page, Waltzer<br />
reveal engagement<br />
Car winner<br />
The ‘Car for a Cure’ giveaway occurs annually, with all proceeds<br />
from ticket sales benefiting the Diabetes Foundation.<br />
The Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi (DFM) is the state’s<br />
only nonprofit health organization that provides diabetes<br />
research, information, patient services and advocacy, and its<br />
mission is to provide hope through research, programs and<br />
service to the 346,500 Mississippians with diabetes. For more<br />
information about the foundation or the annual ‘Car for a<br />
Cure’ giveaway, visit www.msdiabetes.org. Cathy Taylor is<br />
this year’s winner of a 2009 Honda Civic LX Coupe. Shown<br />
are (from left) Patty Peck Christie, Melissa, Jade, Lily and<br />
Hannah Casey, and Cathy Taylor.<br />
Morrison to wed<br />
Gordon May 29<br />
MR. AND MRS. John Travis<br />
Morrison of West Plains, Mo.,<br />
announce the engagement of<br />
their daughter, Mary Theresa<br />
‘Tracy’Morrison, to Dr. Jeffery<br />
Don Gordon, son of Jo Jeff<br />
Ford Gordon and Dr. and Mrs.<br />
James Don Gordon.<br />
The bride-elect is the<br />
grandaughter of Mary Carville<br />
Blakeney and the late Thomes<br />
Blakeney of Baton Rouge, and<br />
Cherry Louval Morrison and<br />
the late John Giddeon<br />
Morrison of West Plains.<br />
The prospective bridegroom<br />
is the grandson of the late Mr.<br />
and Mrs. Javis Foster Ford Jr.<br />
of Newton, and the late Lou<br />
Ella Blount Gordon Kennedy<br />
and Edgar Lee Gordon of<br />
Decatur.<br />
Dr. Morrison is a graduate of<br />
West Plains High School and<br />
Drury University. She earned a<br />
doctorate degree in occupational<br />
therapy and neurosience,<br />
and a postdoctoral fellowship<br />
in neuroscience from<br />
Washington University School<br />
of Medicine. She is a faculty<br />
member and assistant professor<br />
at the University of Kansas<br />
Medical Center.<br />
DR. GORDON is a graduate<br />
of Jackson Preparatory School.<br />
He was graduated summa cum<br />
laude from the University of<br />
Mississippi. He attends the<br />
University of Mississippi<br />
School of Medicine, earning<br />
membership in Alpha Omega<br />
Alpha Medical Honor Society.<br />
He has finished a radiology residency<br />
at Mayo Clinic and will<br />
complete a fellowship in neuroradiology<br />
in July 2009.<br />
Dr. Gordon will practice radiology<br />
at Comprehensive<br />
Radiology <strong>Services</strong>, PLLC and<br />
happenings<br />
Summer camp<br />
New Stage Theatre accepts<br />
early bird registration through<br />
May 8 for its 2009 summer<br />
camps for students having<br />
completed grades kindergarten<br />
through 11th. For more information<br />
call Chris Roebuck,<br />
601-948-3533, ext. 232.<br />
Mary Morrison<br />
associate with Forest General<br />
Hospital.<br />
The wedding is planned for<br />
May 29 in Carmel, Calif. The<br />
couple will be at home in<br />
Hattiesburg.<br />
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MR. AND MRS. Cecil Wray<br />
Page Jr. of Gloucester, Va.,<br />
announce the engagement of<br />
their daughter, Nina Wray<br />
Page, to Robert Paul Waltzer,<br />
son of George Waltzer and the<br />
late Geraldine Waltzer<br />
The bride-elect was born in<br />
Washington, D.C., started<br />
school in Heidelberg,<br />
Germany, and was graduated<br />
from Darien High School. In<br />
high school she won a fouryear<br />
scholarship for a college<br />
of her choice for two years with<br />
the last two years to be at the<br />
Walter Reed Army Institute of<br />
Nursing (WRAIN) in<br />
Washington, D.C. She attended<br />
Vanderbilt University for two<br />
years and a branch of the<br />
University of Maryland and<br />
WRAIN for two years for her<br />
bachelor’s degree in nursing.<br />
Upon graduation, she was<br />
commissioned a lieutenant in<br />
the Army Nurse Corps. Later<br />
she returned to Vanderbilt<br />
University to earn a master’s<br />
degree in nursing. Her overseas<br />
stations in the Army included<br />
Berlin, Germany, just after the<br />
wall fell; Zagreb, Croatia, supporting<br />
United Nations and<br />
NATO troops engaged in<br />
Croatia and Serbia in the early<br />
1990s; and a final Army assignment<br />
in Heidelberg, Germany,<br />
after which she was retired and<br />
awarded the Legion of Merit<br />
for distinguished military service.<br />
Post-retirement, Miss Page<br />
served as the medical placement<br />
facilitator for Mercy<br />
Ships International, a global<br />
charity serving the poor, mainly<br />
in West Africa. She lives in<br />
Jackson, where she pursues a<br />
post-master’s certificate in<br />
gerontological nursing at the<br />
University of Mississippi<br />
Alexandra Mae Roberson<br />
Suzanna and Michael<br />
Roberson of Lakeland, Fla.,<br />
announce the birth of their<br />
daughter, Alexandra Mae<br />
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Nina Page<br />
School of Nursing. She also<br />
started a sewing and jewelry<br />
crafts business which she operates<br />
from her home.<br />
THE PROSPECTIVE<br />
bridegroom was born in<br />
Philadelphia, Pa., and was<br />
graduated from Yeadon High<br />
School. He was graduated cum<br />
laude with distinction from the<br />
University of Delaware with a<br />
bachelor’s degree in biology.<br />
Later he completed his dissertation<br />
in neuroanatomy and<br />
was graduated from Ohio State<br />
University with a PhD in anatomy.<br />
After instructing for several<br />
years at Wheaton College in<br />
Chicago, he began teaching at<br />
Belhaven College where he is<br />
professor of biology. He also<br />
holds an adjunct appointment<br />
at the University of Mississippi<br />
Medical Center where he conducts<br />
research in psychiatric<br />
neuroscience.<br />
A May wedding is planned to<br />
be held in Jackson.<br />
Roberson, March 31 in<br />
Lakeland. Grandparents are<br />
Michael and Shirley Farrell of<br />
Jackson; Frank and Lori<br />
Roberson of Hernando; and the<br />
late Linda Martin Roberson.<br />
Also welcoming the baby is her<br />
sister Anna Kate.<br />
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