Larry Curry and Barbara Curry announce the engagement of their daughter Dr. Jamye Nichelle Curry to Dr. Kendrick Laterrell Savage, son of Melvin Savage and the late Ola Mae Perry Savage of Oxford.

The couple will exchange vows Saturday, July 8, 2017, at The Jefferson in Oxford.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late A.V. King and the late Mary Pearl King of Pontotoc, and the late Grover Cleveland Curry and the late Emma Calomese Curry of Baldwyn.

A 2003 honor graduate of Pontotoc High School, she is a 2006 graduate of the University of Mississippi where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. In 2008, she earned a master’s degree in mathematics from Mississippi State University, and earned a Doctoral Degree in Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics from the University of Mississippi in 2014. She is a 2015 Project NExT Fellow, and currently, serves as the Southeast Regional Director for the Kappa Mu Epsilon National Mathematics Honor Society. She is currently a mathematics professor at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia.

The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Eddie Lee Perry and the late Ella Vera Perry of Oxford, and Cloyes Harwell of Oxford.

A 2002 graduate of Lafayette High School, he is a 2006 graduate of the University Mississippi where he earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. In 2008, he earned a master’s degree in mathematics from Mississippi State University and a doctoral degree in 2016 in mathematics education from Mississippi State University. He is a 2017 Project NExT Fellow, and he is currently a mathematics professor at Georgia Gwinnett College.