DEXTER -- Ashley Temples and Matt Schuerenberg have announced their engagement.
The future bride is the daughter of Gary and Terry Temples of Dexter. She is the granddaughter of James and Ines Black of Poplar Bluff and the late Norris and Lucille Temples. A 2001 graduate of Dexter High School and a 2005 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University, she is employed as a first grade teacher at the Bloomfield School District.
The prospective bridegroom is the son of Betty Watkins of Dexter and the late Rick Watkins and Paul and Denise Schuerenberg of Poplar Bluff. He is the grandson of Paul and Berneice Schuerenberg of Grayridge and Robert and Janet Tanner of Petaluma, Calif. He is a 2002 graduate of Dexter High School and is employed with JH Hunter Farms.
The couple has planned a private Jan. 31 wedding.