Underwood - Ashley

ST. LOUIS - Mr. and Mrs. Ron Underwood of Sikeston have announced the engagement of their daughter, Tracy Jean, to Gregory Stuart Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ashley of St. Peters.

The future bride is the granddaughter of Elmer Underwood of Bloomfield and Hutson Goza and Margaret Goza of Sikeston. A 1995 graduate of Sikeston Senior High School and 2000 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia, she is employed by Ernest and Young in St. Louis.

Ashley graduated in 1989 from Duchesne and in 1994 from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is employed by Edward Jones in Webster Groves.

The couple is making final preparations for an Oct. 19 ceremony.