Ms. Jerry Beard of Powder Springs announces the engagement of her daughter, Whitney Lane Varner, to Michael Trey Thrower, son of Brenda Thrower and the late Ralph Thrower of Opelika, Ala.

Ms. Varner is also the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Varner, Sr. of Powder Springs, and the granddaughter of Florencie Gill Bacon and the late Merrill Esca Bacon of Bryan County.

Ms. Varner graduated from Wheeler High School in 1995 and from the University of Georgia in 1999. She lives in Atlanta and is the director of marketing and public relations for Hardin Construction Company.

Mr. Thrower, who graduated from Auburn University in 2000, is a director at the Georgia Central Credit Union.

A fall wedding is planned in Savannah.