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LAWRENCE COUNTY MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED AUGUST 2026
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Below are the marriage licenses issued in Lawrence County for August 2026
SUMMARY RECORD
- Total Licenses Issued: 39
- Reporting Period: August 1, 2026 – August 31, 2026
ISSUED LICENSES LIST
- Issued: 08/03/2026
- Applicant 1: Carrie Ann Clem (Age 49)
- Applicant 2: Adam Troy Walls (Age 53)
- Issued: 08/05/2026
- Applicant 1: Samantha Joellen Turpin (Age 38)
- Applicant 2: Everette Dee Hallatt (Age 41)
- Issued: 08/05/2026
- Applicant 1: Emily Shelley (Age 35)
- Applicant 2: Dwight Chaney (Age 47)
- Issued: 08/05/2026
- Applicant 1: Ashlyn Taylor (Age 22)
- Applicant 2: Ryan Paschall (Age 30)
- Issued: 08/06/2026
- Applicant 1: Claire Walker (Age 28)
- Applicant 2: Paul Joseph Stancombe (Age 28)
- Issued: 08/06/2026
- Applicant 1: Katlyn Burdine (Age 29)
- Applicant 2: Kyle Pollock (Age 37)
- Issued: 08/07/2026
- Applicant 1: Joshua Thomas Rollins (Age 43)
- Applicant 2: Elizabeth Ann Jackson (Age 49)
- Issued: 08/07/2026
- Applicant 1: Kristen Marie Jaggers (Age 40)
- Applicant 2: Zane Lee Grissom (Age 35)
- Issued: 08/07/2026
- Applicant 1: Jason Hopkins (Age 52)
- Applicant 2: Kathy Dunn (Age 57)
- Issued: 08/07/2026
- Applicant 1: Corey Keith (Age 47)
- Applicant 2: Sara Martin (Age 47)
- Issued: 08/07/2026
- Applicant 1: Carmyn Dawn Goodman (Age 28)
- Applicant 2: Katrina Marie Webster (Age 35)
- Issued: 08/10/2026
- Applicant 1: Hayleigh Brooke Davis (Age 21)
- Applicant 2: Austin Gabriel Early (Age 23)
- Issued: 08/10/2026
- Applicant 1: Sherry Lynn Hatfield (Age 70)
- Applicant 2: William Herschel Jones (Age 69)
- Issued: 08/10/2026
- Applicant 1: Peyton Hutchinson (Age 24)
- Applicant 2: Maykol Enoc Hernandez Rodriguez (Age 26)
- Issued: 08/11/2026
- Applicant 1: Jerome Lee Albert (Age 28)
- Applicant 2: Hannah Elizabeth Rosen (Age 23)
- Issued: 08/11/2026
- Applicant 1: Charlene Rae Yarbrough (Age 36)
- Applicant 2: William Tracy Burton (Age 46)
- Issued: 08/12/2026
- Applicant 1: Alisyn Ann Dyer (Age 30)
- Applicant 2: Michael Ray Thomas Williams (Age 31)
- Issued: 08/12/2026
- Applicant 1: Kaylee Michelle Childress (Age 24)
- Applicant 2: Richard Tyler Brock (Age 27)
- Issued: 08/13/2026
- Applicant 1: Braydon Lee Hayes (Age 21)
- Applicant 2: Whitney Alexis Baker (Age 19)
- Issued: 08/13/2026
- Applicant 1: Jarrett Levi Daniel Gore (Age 18)
- Applicant 2: Adalee Janeen Phillips (Age 20)
- Issued: 08/13/2026
- Applicant 1: Olivia Rose Morgan (Age 19)
- Applicant 2: Caleb Rix Furlough (Age 19)
- Issued: 08/13/2026
- Applicant 1: Carly Jo Brown (Age 24)
- Applicant 2: Braeden Lane Walker (Age 24)
- Issued: 08/14/2026
- Applicant 1: Kaylee Jo Bolk (Age 20)
- Applicant 2: Brendan Tolliver (Age 21)
- Issued: 08/14/2026
- Applicant 1: Staci Dawn Rich (Age 42)
- Applicant 2: Andrew James Stephens (Age 44)
- Issued: 08/14/2026
- Applicant 1: Jordan Scott Ling (Age 34)
- Applicant 2: Vini Wulan Sari (Age 35)
- Issued: 08/14/2026
- Applicant 1: Kelsey Elizabeth Strope (Age 26)
- Applicant 2: Trevor Thomas Vanderyt (Age 26)
- Issued: 08/17/2026
- Applicant 1: William Lance Wilkerson (Age 42)
- Applicant 2: Ginny Sue Freeman (Age 43)
- Issued: 08/18/2026
- Applicant 1: Rylie Grace Tincher (Age 21)
- Applicant 2: Breavin James Chrena (Age 23)
- Issued: 08/19/2026
- Applicant 1: Nicholas Richard Edward Edmonson (Age 33)
- Applicant 2: Megan Nicole Reynolds (Age 34)
- Issued: 08/19/2026
- Applicant 1: Audrey Anne Feller (Age 29)
- Applicant 2: Austin Jay Karr (Age 33)
- Issued: 08/19/2026
- Applicant 1: Stacy Marie Marcum (Age 57)
- Applicant 2: Jerry Lee Hale (Age 75)
- Issued: 08/19/2026
- Applicant 1: Faith Nicole Daugherty (Age 22)
- Applicant 2: Bracey Wade Ritchison (Age 22)
- Issued: 08/20/2026
- Applicant 1: Karington Nakole Raines (Age 26)
- Applicant 2: Colton Wayne Beavers (Age 25)
- Issued: 08/20/2026
- Applicant 1: Logan Z Smoot (Age 34)
- Applicant 2: Jasmine M Smoot (Age 29)
- Issued: 08/21/2026
- Applicant 1: Vanessa Elaine Childers (Age 45)
- Applicant 2: Jeffrey Kent Todd (Age 48)
- Issued: 08/21/2026
- Applicant 1: Gage A Perkins (Age 29)
- Applicant 2: Chloe Rene Diane Gulley (Age 22)
- Issued: 08/21/2026
- Applicant 1: Terrie Lisa Beltran (Age 63)
- Applicant 2: Jamie D Strunk (Age 58)
- Issued: 08/21/2026
- Applicant 1: Caitlyn Michelle Mullis (Age 21)
- Applicant 2: Ayden Michael Tolliver (Age 22)
- Issued: 08/24/2026
- Applicant 1: Shantel Elieen B Draves (Age 31)
- Applicant 2: Harold Edward Card (Age 33)
- Issued: 08/24/2026
- Applicant 1: Molly Elizabeth Sullivan (Age 23)
- Applicant 2: Kaden James Clark (Age 23)
- Issued: 08/25/2026
- Applicant 1: Chad Alan Grissom (Age 46)
- Applicant 2: Brandy Michelle Jones (Age 45)
- Issued: 08/26/2026
- Applicant 1: Christal B Brown (Age 45)
- Applicant 2: William C Hill (Age 43)
- Issued: 08/27/2026
- Applicant 1: Emma Nicole Russell (Age 24)
- Applicant 2: Luke Andrew Tanner (Age 26)
- Issued: 08/28/2026
- Applicant 1: Kendra Russell (Age 32)
- Applicant 2: Justin Armstrong (Age 30)
- Issued: 08/28/2026
- Applicant 1: Amber Koval (Age 26)
- Applicant 2: Jericho Roush (Age 23)
- Issued: 08/28/2026
- Applicant 1: Marrah Grace Munguia (Age 18)
- Applicant 2: Magnum Leevon Batman (Age 18)
- Issued: 08/28/2026
- Applicant 1: Hayley Rena Stewart (Age 25)
- Applicant 2: Zachary Allen Porter (Age 26)
- Issued: 08/28/2026
- Applicant 1: Russell A Fuoss (Age 66)
- Applicant 2: Busadeebhon Kasian (Age 48)
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