Hellums, Barnes tell wedding date

The engagement of Amy Lynn Hellums and Travis Barnes is being announced. The couple will be married Oct. 9 at Silver Lakes Country Club in Glencoe, Ala.

Mr. and Mrs. Ben W. Hellums of Centre, Ala., announce the engagement of their daughter, Amy Lynn, to Travis Barnes. He is the son of Edward Barnes and Sue Roberts of McMinnville.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Betty Hellums and the late Q.T. Hellums of Albertville, Ala., Adrian Ashworth and Joanna Ashworth of Enterprise, Ala.

She is a 2000 graduate of Cherokee County High School and received a degree in exercise science from Freed Hardeman University.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Alma Barnes and the late Sherman Barnes of McMinnville, Emma Daniel and the late J.W. Daniel of Beersheba Springs.

Barnes graduated in 1997 from Warren County High School and holds a master’s degree in education from Freed Hardeman. He is employed by the Oglethorpe County Board of Education in Lexington, Ga.

The wedding will be held Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Silver Lakes Country Club in Glencoe, Ala. A reception will immediately follow at the Silver Lakes Club House.

The couple will reside in Athens, Ga.