Milestones

Concetta Nicole Sotile and Joshua Lee Hancock announced their engagement and upcoming June 16 wedding at Galax Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Sotile is a 2009 graduate of Carroll County High School. She attended Wytheville Community College and plans to start at Bluefield College this fall.

She is the daughter of Debra Dalton of Hillsville and Greg Sotile of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Hancock is a 2007 graduate of New Life Christian Academy and 2012 graduate of Wytheville Community College.

John (Jack) F. Devine and Wanda celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary March 31 with family and friends at Hillcrest Baptist Church fellowship hall.

The event was given by their children: daughters, Sandy Cox of Galax and Barbara (Bobbie) and Jerry Fridley of Galax; and son, Jack and Alice Devine of Independence.
They have seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
They thanked all who helped celebrate and who sent cards.

Gary and Kathy Patton of Galax announced the engagement of their daughter, LeShanna Corinne Patton, to Michael Tyler Hill, son of Ricky and Anna Hill of Galax.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Roy B. Lineberry and the late Dorothy Poe Lineberry of Galax. Her paternal grandparents include the late Irving Patton and the late Pauline Norman Patton of Galax.
The bride-elect graduated from Galax High School. She earned a cosmetology diploma from Surry Community College and is employed at A New You Salon and Spa.

Janisa Lawson and Landon Viars were joined in marriage May 5 in a small family ceremony.
Lawson is the daughter of James and Suzi Lawson of Galax.

Viars is the son of Lyn and Robin Shupe of Fries and Hensel and Kathy Viars of Ivanhoe.