Mr. and Mrs. Mike Watson of Tupelo are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth Anne, to AAron Elijah Richmond, son of Mr. and Mrs.David Richmond of Lexington, Mississippi.
Miss Watson is the granddaughter of Mr. W. C. “Sonny” Spearman, Jr. and the late Sue Spearman of Shannon, Mississippi, and Mrs. Vera Watson and the late Mr. W. T. Watson of Verona, Mississippi.
Mr. Richmond is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Theodore Seals of Russellville, Tennessee, and Mrs. Margaret Curry of Bentonville, Arkansas, and the late Mr. William Richmond of Los Angeles, California.
The bride-elect is a 2010 graduate of Mississippi School For Mathematics and Science where she was a Mississippi Scholar. She attends Mississippi State University and will graduate this December with a Bachelor’s in Accountancy and a Bachelor’s of Science in Culinology.
The prospective groom was home-schooled and received his GED in 2009. He graduated from Holmes Community College in 2011 where he received an Associate’s degree in Computer Science. Mr. Richmond is currently employed at Ashley Furniture. Mr. Richmond is also a Specialist of the 173rd Quartermaster’s Company in the Army Reserves based in Greenwood, Mississippi.
The couple will exchange vows at half past four, May sixteenth at the home of the bride’s parents in Tupelo, Mississippi. Reception will follow. Friends and family are invited to attend.