WARD & SMITH ENGAGEMENT
NUPTIALS FEBRUARY 26, 2022 •BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI
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PHOTOGRAPH BY HANNAH HUTSON
r. and Mrs. Joey Ward of Smackover, Arkansas, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Laney Kaye Ward of Brookhaven, Mississippi, to Mason Landon Smith of Brookhaven, the son of Ms. Renae Crosby Smith of Brookhaven and of the late Michael Lee Smith of Brookhaven. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ward of Smackover and Mr. and Mrs. Darwin May of Camden, Arkansas. She graduated from Smackover High School; received her BBA in accounting from Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas; and received her MBA from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas. She currently works for Insurance and Risk Managers in Brookhaven. The prospective groom is the grandson of Ms. Violet Crosby and the late Mr. James “Ed” Crosby of Brookhaven, Mississippi, and Ms. Glyndale Thrasher Smith of Brookhaven and the late Mr. Winfred Pete Smith of Brookhaven. A graduate of Bellville High School in Bellville, Texas, and of Mississippi State University with a BS in Agriculture and Life Sciences, he is approaching ten years of public service in Brookhaven with the Lincoln County Tax Assessor’s Office under the title of Real Property Appraiser. The wedding will take place on February 26, 2022, at The Hideaway at Reed’s Estates in Brookhaven.
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