Blevins, Dyer foretell wedding plans

Randy and Celena Gilliam of South Pittsburg announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Erica Dawn Blevins, to Daniel Robert Dyer of Algood. He is the son of Bob and Martha Dyer of Cookeville.

The wedding ceremony will take place Aug. 28 at 2 p.m. at Willow Avenue Church of Christ in Cookeville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson of McMinnville, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Gilliam of South Pittsburg, the late Opal Blevins of Bridgeport, Ala., and Mary Watson of Stevenson, Ala. Her great-grandparents are Louise Grider and the late James Grider of Stevenson, Ala., and Ivan Gilliam of South Pittsburg.

The prospective bridegroom’s grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dyer, Orna Henry and the late Clifford Henry, and the late June Dyer, all of Cookeville.

Miss Blevins is employed as a laboratory assistant at Tennessee Technological University in the Fisheries Department. She graduated with the Class of 2000 at Richard Hardy Memorial High School and will receive a bachelor’s degree from Tennessee Tech in December. She is on the National Dean’s List for College Students.

Dyer is an engineer employed by Total Quality Instrumentation in Algood. He is a 1997 graduate of Cookeville High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology from Tennessee Tech. He is a member of Willow Avenue Church of Christ in Cookeville.