Mr. and Mrs. Richard Malcolm Caldwell announce the engagement of their daughter, Ellen Kinley, to Taylor Howard Westley Newman. Mr. Newman, a native of Jackson, is the son of Dianne Upton Newman and Donald Algie Newman of Memphis.

Miss Caldwell is the granddaughter of Mrs. John Francis Halpin III and the late Mr. Halpin and William Kinley Caldwell Sr. and the late Mrs. William Kinley Caldwell, all of Vicksburg.

Mr. Newman is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oree Upton of Mendenhall and the late Mr. and Mrs. Quinten Algie Newman of Henderson, Tenn.

The bride-elect is a 2004 graduate of St. Aloysius High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign languages in 2009 from Mississippi State University.

Miss Caldwell was presented by the Debutante Club of Mississippi in 2005 and is an admission counselor with Ashford University in Denver.

The prospective groom is a 2003 graduate of Jackson Academy. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business management in 2007 from the University of Mississippi.

Mr. Newman is a land specialist at Anadarko Petroleum in Denver.

The wedding will be at 3 p.m. April 21, 2012, at St. Paul Catholic Church in Vicksburg. A reception will follow at The Steele Cottage, home of the bride.