Shannon, Groves to marry

Kelly and Delora Fritts along with Tom and Melissa Groves of Drexel, MO announce the engagement of their children, Mandy Ann Shannon and Edgar Thomas Groves. The couple were engaged in June 2009 and are planning a May 15, 2010 wedding. Both are graduates of Drexel R-IV and will begin their married life together in Jacksonville, N.C. Grandparents are Denny and Delores Shannon of Merwin, Marge and the late Charlie Fritts of Butler, Larry and Linda Kenney of Archie, and Melvin and Linda Carlson of Randolph, KS.