For The Tribune
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Lee Anthony of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Grace Louise Anthony to Keith Wallace Harrelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Royal Harrelson of Union City, Tennessee.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. James F. Anthony and the late Mr. Anthony of Trussville, Alabama, and Mr. and Mrs. Winston E. Chapman, Sr. of Center Point, Alabama.
Miss Anthony is a 2006 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School. Miss Anthony graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and political science. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, 2009 Homecoming Court attendant and a member of the War Eagle Girls & Plainsmen. She was presented at the 2008 Poinsettia Debutante Ball. She also received her Master of Science in Integrated Marketing from New York University in May 2014. She is employed at Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC, one of the largest privately held general contractors.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Royal C. Harrelson and the late Mr. Harrelson and the late Mr. and Mrs. William H. McDaniel, all of Oneonta, Alabama.
Mr. Harrelson is a 2001 graduate of Union City High School. In 2005, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Auburn University, where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. He serves on the Family Promise of Birmingham Junior Board. He is a vice president at J. Smith Lanier & Co. in Birmingham, one of the oldest insurance brokerage firms in the United States.
The couple met in 2011 while both attending the Associated General Contractors of Alabama annual convention in Orange Beach. The wedding is planned for Nov. 22, 2014 at First Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama.