Mosely - Smith Engagement

Katherine Barrett Mosely of Baton Rouge and Gary Lyn Smith, Jr. of Norco will marry in a 6 p.m. ceremony on March 14, 2009, at First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Ms. Rita Katherine “Kay” Long of Baton Rouge and Mr. Dean Meredith Mosely of Jena.

She is the granddaughter of the late, former United States Senator Russell Billiu Long, the late Ms. Katherine Hattic Long, the late Dr. Charles Hodge Mosely, Jr. and the late Ms. Florence Morley Mosely Williams, all of whom resided in Baton Rouge.

She is also the great-granddaughter of the late, former Louisiana governor and United States Senator Huey Pierce Long and the late, former United States Senator Rose McConnell Long.

The bride-elect is a graduate of Berkshire Academy in Sheffield, Mass., and Roanoke College in Salem, Va.

She is a governmental relations executive for Entergy and a member of First United Methodist Church, the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion Foundation, the Association of Louisiana Lobbyists, and the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

Her fiancé is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Lyn Smith of Norco. He is the grandson of the late Mr. George Edgar Wilson and of Mrs. Betty Mahoney Wilson of Dothan, Ala., and Mr. Henry Alfred Smith and the late Mrs. Donyce Jackson Smith of Norco.

He is a graduate of Destrehan High School and Louisiana State University. He received a Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University College of Law and a Master of Admiralty Law from Tulane School of Law.

He is a member of First Baptist Church of Norco, the Norco Lions Club, the Louisiana State and the St. Charles Parish Bar Associations, the American Council of Young Political Leaders, and the River Region Chamber of Commerce.

He is an attorney and businessman and serves as the State Representative for District 56.