Thomas, Hodges plan October wedding date

— Mary Hodges, of Grove, Okla., announces the engagement and upcoming wedding of her daughter, Nikki Hodges, to Jesse Thomas.

The bride-to-be is the daughter the late Gearld Hodges. She is a 1995 graduate of Grove High School and is employed by Jiffy Mart in Grove as a waitress.

The prospective groom is the son of Jerry Thomas of Tipton, Mo., and Cynthia Boling of Colcord, Okla.

He is a 1999 graduate of Wyandotte High School in Wyandotte, Okla., and is employed by Faith In Commerce

Enterprises in Jay, Okla., as a

truck driver.

The couple plan to marry

Oct.17, 2009, at Cayuga Splitlog

Mission Church in Grove.

A reception will follow later

that evening at the Moose Lodge

in Grove.

Community, Pages 7 on 07/29/2009