Jill and David Loftus and Raleigh and Sherrie Pastrick, all of Jefferson, announce the engagement of their daughter Kelli Nichole Pastrick to Ashton Christopher Adams, son of Gary and Angel Adams of Statham.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Reese and Judy Kilgore of Homosassa and Ruby Begley of Scottsburg, Ind.

She is a 2000 graduate of Collins Hill High School in Suwanee. She graduated in 2004 from North Georgia College & State University in Dahlonega with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She received a master’s degree at Emory University in Atlanta. She is employed as an acute care nurse practitioner with Northeast Physicians Group Surgical Associates.

The groom-elect is the grandson of Kathleen Adams of Hoschton, the late Ralph Adams, Thelma Hughie Goss of Statham and the late Ernest Hughie.

He is a 1994 graduate of Shiloh High School in Lithonia. He graduated in 1998 from the University of Georgia in Athens with a bachelor’s degree in speech communication. He is employed as a realtor with Peggy Slappey Properties in Buford.

The couple plan to wed Nov. 20, 2010, at The Day Chapel in Athens.