The engagement of April Nicole Glover to John Fredric Farrell Jr., both of Vicksburg, is announced today. Vows will be exchanged Jan. 14, 2012, at the B’nai B’rith Literary Club. A reception will follow.

Ms. Glover is the daughter of Anna and Oliver Scarbrough and Robert Richardson of Lucedale. She is the granddaughter of Sonja Fulks and David Hall of Lucedale and Lydia McGill of Citronelle, Ala.

Mr. Farrell is the son of Kay and Fred Farrell of Vicksburg. He is the grandson of Leola McCorkle of Vicksburg and Frances Farrell of Brinkley, Ark.

The bride-elect is a 2000 graduate of George County High School, where she was a member of the Spanish Honor Society, Art Club and Flags.

She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, where she graduated with high honors and was on the president’s list.

Ms. Glover is a first-grade teacher for the Vicksburg Warren School District at Dana Road Elementary.

The prospective groom is a 1991 graduate of St. Aloysius High School, where he was a member of Mu Alpha Theta, Art Club, yearbook staff and golf team.

He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Millsaps College, where he was a member of Alpha Psi Omega and Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Mr. Farrell is plant manager at PolyVulc USA.