Hamblen, Long foretell June wedding

Dorothy Leann Hamblen will become the bride of Dustin Marsh Long during a nuptial ceremony planned for June 16 at The Inn at Harvest Farms Lake.

The bride-elect is the daughter of J. Russell and Carol Lee Hamblen. Her grandparents are Captain (Ret.) E.A. Hamblen of Rock Island and the late Ruth E. Hamblen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee of McMinnville and the late Dorothy Dodson Lee. She is the great-granddaughter of Mae Bebow, also of McMinnville.

Her fianc? is the son of Richard and Ann Long of Green back. His grandparents are Marie Housley and the late Lonnie Housley, as well as Tennie Marie Long, all of Greenback.

Miss Hamblen, a 1999 graduate of F.C. Boyd Christian High School, spent one year as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student to Australia. She recently graduated with honors from Tennessee Wesleyan College with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

Long is a 1997 graduate of William Blount Memorial High School, Maryville, and 2001 graduate of Tennessee Wesleyan College, also receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.

While at TWC, both were listed in the Who’s Who of American Colleges and Universities and were members of Alpha Chi honor society. They have been awarded graduate assistantships for post-graduate work in the mathematics department of Tennessee Technological University, beginning in August.