Lara Frances Bratcher reveals engagement

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oliver Bratcher are revealing plans for the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lara Frances Bratcher, to Kevin Creed Harvey. Parents of the prospective bridegroom are Patricia and the late Bruce Harvey. The couple will exchange nuptial vows on July 7 at First United Methodist Church.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Velma and the late Oliver Bratcher, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Selph of Nashville.

Her fianc? is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Harvey, and Mr. Maurice Lacey of Fyffe, Ala., and the late Doris Lacey of Guntersville, Ala.

Miss Bratcher is currently a student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She received a BA in anthropology from the University of South Carolina Honors College in 2004. She is a Harry S. Truman Scholar, McNair Scholar and a member of Chi Omega Sorority and Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Harvey is a 2004 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro receiving a BA in history education. He is an Ethyl Virginia Butler Scholar, a member of Phi Sigma Pi, and a recipient of UNCG?s Student Excellence Award.

The couple will reside in Mozambique, Africa for a year of research with Vanderbilt Institute of Health.