Emory, Newman reveal engagement

The engagement and approaching marriage of Catharine Holder Emory and William Edley Newman are being revealed. The couple will be married Aug. 28 at St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church in Birmingham, Ala.

Announcing the nuptial plans are the bride-elect’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks Emory III of Birmingham. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wesley Newman of McMinnville.

Miss Emory is the granddaughter of Mrs. Andrew Boles Holder and the late Mr. Holder of Lexington, Miss., Mrs. Charles Horton Hunt Emory and the late Mr. Emory of Birmingham.

Newman’s grandparents are Mrs. George Edley Newman and the late Mr. Newman, Mrs. Thomas Magness Garmon and the late Mr. Garmon, all of McMinnville, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Earl Lee of Auburndale, Fla.

The bride-to-be is employed in pharmaceutical sales with Johnson and Johnson. She is a graduate of Auburn University and a member of Kappa Delta sorority. She was presented at the Ball of Roses in Birmingham.

Her fianc? is a cum laude graduate of the University of Tennessee and a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. He is employed by First Commerical Bank in Birmingham.