Welker - Upchurch

MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Don and Juanita Welker of Marble Hill announce the engagement of their daughter, Lacy Jean Welker, to Matt Winferd Upchurch. He is the son of Steve and Marcia Upchurch of Marble Hill.

Welker is a 2008 graduate of Meadow Heights High School at Patton, Mo., and is attending Southeast Missouri State University. She is a part-time teller at Capaha Bank in Jackson.

Upchurch is a 2004 graduate of Woodland High School at Marble Hill. He received a master's degree in agronomy from Murray State University in 2008. He is an agronomist with Co-op Service Center in Jackson.

A July 11 wedding is planned at Liberty Congregational Methodist Church in Marquand, Mo.