Parade Grand Marshals David and Marianne Inman will lead the parade through downtown Fayette this Saturday, starting at 10 a.m. They are pictured above during the 2010 CMU Homecoming.David and Marianne Inman will lead the Central Methodist University Homecoming Parade Saturday as Grand Marshals.

Marianne and David Inman came to Fayette in 1995 when Marianne was named president of Central Methodist University.

In the past 17 years, Dr. Marianne Inman can point to several substantial accomplishments during her tenure including a nearly fivefold increase in student enrollment, to almost 5,300 last fall.

Marianne plans to retire in June 2013.

David Inman retired as an Army Major from the U.S Army after 20 years of service. After retiring from the U.S. Army, he worked for the city of Anchorage in Alaska for eight years, retiring from there as director of personnel at the police department.

They both plan to relocate to Georgetown, Texas next summer.

The CMU Homecoming parade will go around the courthouse square beginning at 10 a.m.