Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall Alexander of Cleveland, formerly of Oxford, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amanda Margaret Alexander, to Jody Alan Bevill, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Harold Bevill Jr. of Lexington.

The couple will exchange vows on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at First Baptist Church in Oxford.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James F. Smith of Merigold, the late Dennis Gordin and the late Mr. and Mrs. William B. Alexander Jr. of Cleveland.

She is a graduate of Oxford High School and the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts in history.

He is a graduate of Central Holmes Christian School and the University of Mississippi. He is also a graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Law where he served on the Trial Advocacy Board. He is presently employed with Barrett Law Group in Lexington.