Haythorn-Zappe engagment

Published 8:41am Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Haythorn of Madison, Ala. announce the engagement of their

Mary Ruth Haythorn

daughter, Mary Ruth Haythorn, to Richard Norman Zappe, son of Dr. and Mrs. Harold Zappe of Harvest, Ala.

Haythorn is the granddaughter of Barbara Haythorn and the late Joseph Willis Haythorn of Tryon, and Mr. Ray Ewell Folmar and Shirley Folmar of Lynn Haven, Fla. Haythorn is a 2008 graduate of Bob Jones High School. She graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa with a degree in civil engineering.

Zappe is the grandson of the late Morris Roberts and the late Midlred Roberts as well as Inge van Roojan and the late Herbert Zappe, all of Capetown, South Africa.

Zappe is a 2006 graduate of Sparkman High School. He graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in aerospace engineering and is currently employed by Benchmark Electronics in Huntsville, Ala.

The two will be married June 15, 2013.

– article submitted

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