Mr. and Mrs. Bobby “Bobcat” Whitlow of Nathalie announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Melissa Ashley Williams, also the daughter of the late Mark A. Williams, to Joseph “Joey” Nathaniel Watts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Watts, of Saxe.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mary P. Burton of Scottsburg and the late Robert B. Burton Sr. and the late Samuel and Ruby Williams. She is a 2010 graduate of Halifax County High School and is currently enrolled at Mary Baldwin University, completing her bachelor’s degree in business management and employed by Benchmark Community Bank of South Boston.