Ms. Toni Woolard of Washington, N.C., is engaged to be married to Todd Taylor, also of Washington.

Parents of the bride-to-be are William and Clara Woolard of Washington.

She is employed as a school teacher for Bath, N.C., Community Schools.

The prospective bridegroom is the son of Butch and Jackie Taylor of Dowagiac.

He is employed as a Beaufort County animal cruelty investigator.

A spring wedding in North Carolina is being planned.