Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stephen Wallace Jr. of Vestavia Hills announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Peyton Wallace, to Chad Michael Colon, son of Dr. and Mrs. Percy Joseph Colon III of Vestavia Hills.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Lucy Rountree Sommers and the late Sigmund Robert Sommers of Selma and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stephen Wallace Sr. of Browns.
Miss Wallace is a 2007 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and a 2011 summa cum laude graduate of Birmingham-Southern College with a bachelor’s degree in education. She was president of Pi Beta Phi sorority, a member of Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board. Miss Wallace is a teacher in the Homewood City School system.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Joseph Colon Jr. of Kenner, La., Mrs. Judy White of Metairie, La. and Mr. James Eckert of Tucson, Ariz.
Mr. Colon is a 2007 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and a 2011 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in biology. He will be attending the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham in the fall.
The wedding is planned for June 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at The Cathedral of Saint Paul Catholic Church in Birmingham.
