Eddens-Gentry

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Eddens of Oakville, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Ann Eddens, to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. James Ray Gentry. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Gentry of Sikeston.

Eddens is a graduate of Nerinx Hall High School and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She received a master of science degree in clinical psychology from Loyola College in Maryland. She is an alcohol and drug counselor at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ill.

Gentry is a graduate of Scott County Central High School, attended Southeast Missouri State University, and is majoring in religion at the American Military University. He is an Air Operations Center Weapon Systems evaluator, currently serving at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea.

A Nov. 3 wedding is planned at St. Peter's Cathedral in Belleville.