Cherokee County, Texas

ENGAGEMENT & MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS

October 17, 2007

 Ackerson-Woodruff  (Cherokeean Herald)

Mr. and Mrs. David Ackerson of Flint announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to J.D. Woodruff, son of Danny and Weida Woodruff of Rusk. They will be married at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, in a private ceremony at the Adams Chapel United Methodist Church, Bulah community. A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Eastside Baptist Church. Mr. Woodruff is the grandson of Mary B. Hassell of Rusk and the late J.L. Hassell and Robert H. Woodruff of Sulphur Springs and the late Bess Woodruff. Miss Ackerson is the granddaughter of Mary Cleaver of Tyler and the late Rev. Odis Cleaver, Keith Ackerson of Edinburg and Mary Taylor of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

October 24, 2007

 Engagement told (Cherokeean Herald)

Larry and Martie Littlejohn of Jacksonville announce the engagement of their daughter, Samantha Ann McClellan, to Joshua Neal Counahan. The future bride is a 2004 graduate of Jacksonville High School and is employed by Capital One in Jacksonville. The future groom is the son of David and Shirley Counahan of Jacksonville. He is a 2001 graduate of Jacksonville High School. He is employed by David Counahan Construction Services. The couple plan to marry Dec. 1 at The Castle on the Lake in Jacksonville.