Shepherd - Drake

Monday, April 3, 2006

ST. PETERS -- Mary and Stan Shepherd have announced the engagement of their daughter, Erin Elizabeth, to Stephen Anthony Drake, son of Jane and Carroll Drake of Sikeston.

A 1999 graduate of St. Francis Howell High School and a 2004 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, the future bride is employed as a physical education teacher and coach at Sikeston R-6 Schools.

The prospective bridegroom is a 1993 graduate of Sikeston High School and a 1998 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He is also employed as a physical education teacher and coach at Sikeston R-6 Schools.

Plans are under way for a July 8 wedding.