Ms. Elizabeth L. McCarty, Mr. Alvin B. McCarty Jr. and Mrs. Marcia McCarty of Indianola, Miss., announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Elissa Lear McCarty to Mr. Jackson Edward Oliver, son of Mrs. Bonnie Chessher Oliver Miller and Mr. Andrew O. Miller of Gainesville, and Mr. Michael E. Oliver and Mrs. Kimberly A. Oliver of Fort Smith, Ark. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lear of Indianola, Miss., and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin B. McCarty Sr. of Sunflower, Miss. She is a 2002 graduate of St. Agnes Academy in Memphis, Tenn.