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12:30 pm Tuesday, May 4, 2004

East, Crain

By Staff
Mr. and Mrs. Robert East of Clinton announce the engagement of their daughter, Kelli Rebecca, to Jeremy Curt Crain, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Crain of Mendenhall.
The wedding will be held Saturday, June 5, 2004, at First Baptist Church of Mendenhall at 5:30 p.m.
Miss East is the granddaughter of the late Earl Herman Luke and Mary Cecil Luke of Meridian and Dorothy Jewel East of Florence of Jackson and the late Poche East.
The bride-elect is a graduate of Clinton High School and received an associate's degree from Hinds Community College and a bachelor's degree in psychology with a minor in child and family studies from the University of Southern Mississippi.
She is a graduate student at the University of Southern Mississippi majoring in marriage and family therapy.
Mr. Crain is the grandson of Judge J.W. Walker and Julia Elizabeth Walker of Mendenhall and James Pete Crain and Beulah V. Crain of Puckett.
The bridegroom-elect is a graduate of Mendenhall High School and received a bachelor's degree in history at Mississippi College.
Mr. Crain is a history teacher and coach at Puckett Attendance Center.
The couple will reside in Mendenhall following a honeymoon in Jamaica.

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