Former Iola resident Becca Bacon Martin and Larry L. Brown, Fayetteville, Ark., are planning their wedding for early in 2012.
The bride-elect is the mother of Amanda Kathryn Martin and is the daughter of Ruth J. Bacon, both of Fayetteville. She is the daughter-in-law of June Martin of Pettigrew, Ark., and the late Wayne Martin. She is features editor of the What’s Up!, Our Town and Life and Religion sections for Northwest Arkansas Media.
The groom-to-be is the son of the late Alfreda and Bill Brown of southeast Kansas. He has two children, Kristi Evans, Kansas City, and Devon Brown, Las Vegas, Nev. He is retired from a lifelong career as a radiologic technologist in Kansas.