Essner-Bey

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- Donald and Clara Essner of Chaffee announce the engagement of their daughter, Julie Essner, to Airman 1st Class Jeremy Bey. He is the son of Kurt and Jody Bey of O'Fallon, Mo., and Jeff and Dawn Smith of Cape Girardeau.

Essner is a 2003 graduate of Notre Dame High School. She is majoring in early childhood education at Southwest Missouri State University.

Bey is a 2003 graduate of Jackson High School. He is serving with the U.S. Air Force in combat air transportation, and is stationed at McGuire Air Force Base in New Jersey.

A Jan. 8 wedding is planned at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Kelso, Mo.