Jerry and Natalie Lyles of Natchez and Kerry Fennix of Alexandria, La., announce the engagement of their daughter, Natalia M’Liss Fennix to Terrance LaMarcus Stokes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Sculark of Clarksdale and the late Wadie Dwight Crawford of Miami, Fla.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Natchez High School and a graduate of Jackson State University where she received her bachelor of administration degree in marketing and a master’s of business administration degree in marketing. She is employed by AT&T as a customer relations/retention specialist in Jackson.

She is the granddaughter of Gloria Fennix, Claudia Gaines and the late Rudolph Gaines, all of Alexandria.

The groom-to-be is a graduate of Clarksdale High School and a graduate of Jackson State University where he received a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice and is currently pursuing certification in education administration. He is employed by Service Master in Jackson as a sales associate.

He is the grandson of Mattie Stokes of Clarksdale, Allie Crawford of Jackson and the late Clarence Crawford of Tuskegee, Ala.

The wedding will be at 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Natchez.

A reception will follow at the Natchez Convention Center.

Friends and family are invited.