David and Rinda Beard of Alva, Oklahoma, and Kevin and Danna Nelson of Laverne, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children Emilee Jo Beard and Zachary Keith Nelson.

Emilee is the granddaughter of the late Buford and Oma Beard of Alva; Rita Vonada and the late Lowell Vonada of Lincoln, Kansas; and Richard and Jan McGarry of Cape Fair, Missouri.

Zachary is the grandson of Leah Nelson of Beaver, Oklahoma, and the late Kenneth Nelson and Denny and Evelyn Nelson of Laverne.

Emilee is a 2008 graduate of Alva High School and a Northwestern Oklahoma State...