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MSFF Maids of Honor are announced

Sydney Nicole Leary

ELKINS — Mountain State Forest Festival Director General Chad Shoemaker has announced the appointments of Sydney Nicole Leary and Sydney Paige Mullenax as maids of honor to Queen Silvia LXXXI.

Leary and Mullenax are bestowed with the highest Randolph County honors in the Forest Festival’s 81st Royal Court.

Leary is the daughter of Don and Cricket Leary of Coalton. She is the granddaughter of the late Tom and Bea Leary of Elkins and Madeline and the late John Travise of Coalton. She has one brother, Brian, and sister-in-law Miriam Leary.

Leary is a 2017 graduate of Elkins High School and will attend West Virginia University in the fall to pursue a degree in education and human services. She has been awarded the West Virginia Promise Scholarship and the West Virginia University Scholarship of Distinction.

While at Elkins High School, Leary served as Student Council secretary and was vice president of the National Honor Society. She was a member of class council and was the recipient of Elkins High Purpose Award and Elkins High Perspective Award. She was a three-year letterman in softball. In 2014, 2015 and 2016 she earned First Team All-Conference. During her senior year, she was selected as a Homecoming maid of honor. As a student at EHS, she served on the following Mountain State Forest Festival committees: Kids Day at the Park, Children’s Parade and Children’s Fest.

Sydney Paige Mullenax

Leary served as a flower girl in the 71st Mountain State Forest Festival. Her mother, Cricket, served as an assistant director for five years before being appointed the director general of the 77th Forest Festival, and she currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Mountain State Forest Festival.

Leary is currently employed as a private babysitter, as nursery staff at Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church and as a summer camp counselor at the Elkins City Park. She is a member of Saint Brendan’s Catholic Church in Elkins. In her free time, Leary enjoys outdoor activities such as camping and hiking.

Mullenax is the daughter of Christina Mullenax of Elkins. She is the granddaughter of Sharon and Lloyd Teter and Roger and Jonnie Mullenax, all of Elkins, and the Late Dale and Sonja Pennington.

Mullenax is a 2016 graduate of Elkins High School and is currently a sophomore at Fairmont State University, pursuing a degree in elementary education. She attends First United Methodist Church in Elkins and Horizons church in Lost Creek.

While at Elkins High School, Mullenax was a member of the National Honor Society and a princess for the Senior Homecoming Court. Mullenax was a four-year soccer player and played three years for the tennis team, lettering in both sports.

In 2008, Mullenax was a flower girl in the 72nd Mountain State Forest Festival. Her mother, Christina, has volunteered for different events for more than 16 years and served as an assistant director for four years.

Mullenax has been employed with the Randolph County YMCA for more than three years and also babysits for children in the Elkins area. She enjoys playing tennis, hiking with friends, cooking and baking with her grandmother. She loves spending time with her family and friends and loves to be at the beach whenever possible.

Leary and Mullenax will accompany Queen Silvia LXXXI during her Royal Coronation at 2 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Outdoor Amphitheatre of Davis & Elkins College.

The 81st edition of the Mountain State Forest Festival with the theme “FALL into Autumn Traditions” will take place Sept. 30 to Oct. 8. For more information, visit the Mountain State Forest Festival website at www.forestfestival.com or call 304-636-1824.

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