Lynn Epperson is from Calera, Ala. and John Barker is from Chelsea, Ala. announce the engagement of their daughter Joycelyn Paige Barker to Rustin Bradley Cooper, son of Bradley and Brenda Cooper of Alabaster, Ala.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Ann Thomas of Columbiana, Ala., the late Adrain Thomas and Nathaniel and Louise Barker of Chelsea, Ala.

She is a 2002 graduate of Chelsea High School in Chelsea, Ala. She is employed as a EDI specialist with Moultrie Feeders in Alabaster, Ala.

The groom-elect is the grandson of the late J.B. Graham and Eva Mae Grindle and the late Carlton and Burnette Turner.

He is a 1999 graduate of Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala. He is employed as an electrical foreman with Pro Restoration in Brimingham, Ala.

The couple plan to wed April 30, 2011, on the beach in Destin, Fla.