ENGAGEMENT

Julia Amanda Eggers and Kelly Christian Smith Mr. and Mrs. Marc Don Eggers of Gaffney announce the engagement of their daughter, Julia Amanda, to Kelly Christian Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Smith Sr. of Mount Airy, N.C.

Miss Eggers is a 1995 graduate of Gaffney High School and a 2000 graduate of the University of South Carolina Spartanburg. She received a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Converse College in 2002 and is employed by Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools as a second grade teacher.

Mr. Smith graduated from Mount Airy High School in 1992 and from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1996. He has completed undergraduate work and begun graduate studies at UNC Charlotte, where he is pursuing a Ph.D. in meteorology. He is employed by the university as a teaching assistant.

The couple will be married on December 20 at Cherokee Avenue Baptist Church.