Kenneth Welborn of Demorest announces the engagement of his daughter Cory Lisa Welborn to Jonathan Phillip Shockley, son of Phillip and Angela Shockley of Lula. The bride is the daughter of the late Juanita Welborn.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Danny and Bobbie Barton of Cornelia, Bill and Mary Lindsey of Troy, Ala., and the late Jim Smith.

She attended Habersham Central High School in Mount Airy and North Georgia Technical College in Clarkesville. She is employed in the billing department with Mansfield Oil Co. in Gainesville.

The groom-elect is the grandson of Homer and Ruby Shockley of Lula.

He is a 1999 graduate of East Hall High School in Gainesville. He is employed as a truck driver with Fieldale Farms Corp. in Toccoa.

The couple plan an open church wedding for 3 p.m. Jan. 10, 2009, at Fairfield Baptist Church in Demorest.