Ray and Karen Boxx of Grenada announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristi Rae of Oxford, to Jeffrey Hunter Coleman of Thaxton. Mr. Coleman is the son of Steve and Angela Coleman and Becky and Bill Fuson, all of Vicksburg.

Miss Boxx is the granddaughter of Rayford and Charlene Boxx of Coffeeville and the late Randolph and Blanche Ewing of Brooksville.

Mr. Coleman is the grandson of the late Jewel and Nylee Coleman of Thaxton and Robert and Beverly Alford of Houma, La.

The bride-elect is a 2008 graduate of Alpha Omega Online Academy. She received a degree in dietetics from the University of Mississippi in May.

Miss Boxx is an athlete.

The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Vicksburg High School. He attended Hinds Community College.

Mr. Coleman is a landscape manager for Good Earth Landscape and Design.

Vows will be exchanged at noon Dec. 15, 2012, at Paris-Yates Chapel in Oxford. A reception will follow at The Inn at Ole Miss. All relatives and friends are invited to attend.