Mr. and Mrs. Tim Dwyer of Blue Springs, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Dwyer to Thomas Ballard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tony Ballard of Natchez.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Blue Springs High School and a graduate of the University of Missouri in Kansas City, Mo. She is employed by Bear State Bank in Harrison, Ark.

She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dwyer of Grain Valley, Mo.

The groom-to-be is a graduate of Cathedral High School in Natchez and a graduate of Mississippi College in Clinton and the University School of Law in Oxford.

He is employed by Law Office of Justin Downum in Mountain Home, Ark.

He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Partrige of Vidalia and Mrs. Betty Ballard and the late T.E. Ballard Jr. of Natchez.

The wedding will be 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at Flander Hall in Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Family and friends are invited.