HOUSTON -- Debra Carl of Houston and Jerry W. and Ann Smith of Dexter, Mo., have announced the engagement of their daughter, Suzie Smith, to Michael Wayne Dorris, son of Gail and Tim Butrum of Houston and Mike Dorris of Matthews, Mo.
The future bride graduated in April as a licensed ophthamologist from Rice University in Houston, where she plans to further her career in the medical optical field.
Her fiance graduated in 2001 from Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau with a Bachelor of Science in psychology.
The couple will be married in a sunset beach ceremony on Saturday at Galveston Island.