Celebration: Mays - Fonbah

Mr. and Mrs. Alfonza Mays of Hoover are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittony Nichelle Mays to Joseph Munyeh Fonbah Junior, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fonbah Senior of Tuscaloosa.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late Sammie and Mary Mays of South Carolina and the late Johnny and Ernestine Wright of Timmonsville, South Carolina. She is the goddaughter of George Myers of Huntsville, Catherine Player of Pinson, Carrie Bacon of Pinson and Carlton Randolph of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Miss Mays graduated from Hoover High School and graduated with honors from Clark Atlanta University and Samford University.

She is currently the program coordinator of the Parenting Matters program at Family Guidance Center of Jefferson County. She is also the new owner and director of Corky Bell School of Dance Fairfield. The bride elect and her fiancé are co-founders of B.O.L.D Foundations.

The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Fonbah of Cameroon, West Africa and the late Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Russell of Hickory, Mississippi. Currently Joseph is studying medicine and chemistry at University of Alabama of Birmingham. He is one of the prevention specialists at Aletheia House and the pianist at Trinity Baptist church.

The wedding will be held Dec. 3, 2016 at Saint John African Methodist Episcopal church.

– Submitted by Brittony Mays.

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