Mr. Jerry Ogden and Mrs. Shirley Gurney-Waycaster of Natchez announce the engagement of their daughter Jheri Dupré Ogden to Matthew Ryan Freeman, son of Mr. Danny Freeman and the late Mrs. Connie Freeman of Natchez.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Trinity Episcopal School in Natchez and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She is employed by Merit Health Natchez as a speech-language pathologist.

She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Margie Ogden of Natchez, Mrs. Willa Dean Gurney of Liberty and the late Mr. Ray Gurney.

The groom-to-be is also a graduate of Trinity Episcopal School in Natchez and the University of Mississippi in Oxford. He is employed by Adams County Christian School as a teacher and coach. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Freeman, the late Mr. Rush Higginbotham and Mrs. Betty Higginbotham of Shreveport.

The wedding will be 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at First Baptist Church Natchez.

A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

Formal invitations will be sent to out-of-town guests only.