Robert and Andrea Branch of Gainesville announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer Ashley Branch to Bradley Joseph Farrell, son of Joseph and Gloria Farrell of Gainesville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Heyward and Inez Thurmond of Gainesville, Liz Branch of Athens and the late Howard Branch.

She is a 2003 graduate of North Hall High School in Gainesville. She plans to graduate in 2008 from North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She is employed as a nurse extern at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.

The groom-elect is the grandson of Rudine Freeman of Douglasville, Nettie Farrell of Clemmons, N.C., the late Howard Freeman, the late Joseph Farrell Sr. and the late Margaret Price Farrell.

He is a 2002 graduate of Gainesville High School in Gainesville. He graduated in 2006 from Georgia Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering. He is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in applied physiology from Georgia Institute of Technology.

The couple plans to wed July 12, 2008, at Water’s Mill Garden in Dahlonega.