Melissa Marie Johnson and Jason Derrick Matthews announce their engagement.
The bride-to-be is a full-time student at IPFW, Fort Wayne. She graduated from Warsaw Community High School, earned an associate’s degree in early childhood education from Ivy Tech Community College in May 2010 and is a senior at IPFW, working toward a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, graduating in May 2010.
The groom-elect is owner of Matthews’ Painting Co. LLC, North Webster, for 13 years. He graduated from Crete (Neb.) High School, attended business at Pierce College from 1991-93 and Moody Bible Institute from 1993-97. He served six years active service as a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army with an honorable discharge as an E-5 sergeant.
