Milestones

 Jodi Ellen Shoe of Sunset Beach and Sandy LaRue Wood of Calabash were married April 26 at Morgan Ridge Vineyard. Pastor Dan Gobble officiated the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of David and Cathy Shoe of Salisbury. She was given in marriage by her father.

The groom is the son of Betty Wood of Kennett, Mo., and the late Alton Wood.

Matron of honor was Katie Shoe Flynn of Lewis Center, Ohio, sister of the bride.

Ed Blanchard of Kennett, Mo., brother-in-law of the groom, served as best man.

 Wes and Hannah Hamilton of Holden Beach are the proud parents of a daughter, Isabella Kate Hamilton, born at 10 p.m. March 10 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, weighing 8 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring 20 inches in length.

Maternal grandparents are Joseph and Ramona Bowen of Angier.

Paternal grandparents are C.W. and Carol Hamilton of Bolivia.

Great-grandparents are Ida Ruth Bowen of Dunn and Nichlious and Betty Corn of Burnsville.

 Lisa Marie Kennedy and Albert Dean Browning, both of Shallotte, were married April 4 at their home in Shallotte. William Marlowe officiated the wedding.

The bride is the daughter of Sharon Honaker of Ramseur and the late Kenneth Kennedy.

The groom is the son of the late Dan and Ruby Nicholas Browning of Delbarton, W.Va.

She wore a simple white spring dress with shoulder wrap and white shoes.

Ringbearer was Abby Ballou.

Best man was Waylon Saunders.

A reception followed at the couple’s home.

  Josephine Gutjahr celebrates her 102nd birthday at Carillon Assisted Living. Born March 22, 1912, in New Hampshire, she is the fourth of eight children, but the first child born in America to Italian parents. She moved to North Carolina from New Jersey in 2003 with her daughter and son-in-law, Roseann and Joe Kronski, and has been at Carillon since 2009. She still loves to sing hymns and Italian songs.