Monica Renea Thomason, daughter of Blake and Tojuana Thomason, and James Lawrence Barton, son of David and Karen Barton, would like to announce their engagement and forthcoming wedding to be held on Nov. 12, 2011 at 6 p.m. at Harmony Baptist Church in Andalusia.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of James and Mary Rhodes of Opp and Donald Thomason and the late Linda Thomason of Hot Springs, Ark.

She is a 2007 graduate of Open Door Christian Academy and a senior at Troy University majoring in psychology.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Lawrence and Totsie Barton and Mildred Hudson and the late James Hudson, all of Andalusia.

He is a 2002 graduate of Straughn High School, a 2006 graduate of Troy University, and a 2010 graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He currently practices as an optometrist in Andalusia.

Everyone is invited to attend.