The engagement of Ivy La’Trese London to Alvin Lamar Smothers, both of Vicksburg, is announced today. Vows will be exchanged at 3 p.m. Dec. 17, 2011, at Jackson Street Church. A reception will follow at the Old Southern Tea Room. All relatives and friends are invited to attend.

Miss London is the daughter of Charles and Molly Tubwell of Vicksburg. She is the granddaughter of Rosetta London and the late Edgar London Sr., the late Clara Jones and the late Sam Tubwell Sr.

Mr. Smothers is the son of Alvin and Julia Smothers of Vicksburg. He is the grandson of the late Louis Smothers and Edna Smothers and Dorothy Warren and the late Ervin Warren, all of Vicksburg.

The bride-elect is a 2003 graduate of Warren Central High School, where she was a member of the 4-H Club, Mock Trial Club, FTA and choir. She was a cheerleader and homecoming maid.

She received licensed practical nurse certification from Hinds Community College, where she was a Hi-Stepper and freshman homecoming maid.

Miss London is an LPN clinic nurse at The Street Clinic and is pursuing a registered nurse degree.

The prospective groom is a 2001 graduate of Vicksburg High School, where he was an honor student and member of the French Club, Key Club and Environmental Club.

He received an accounting degree in 2006 from Jackson State University, where he was a member of the Accounting Society.

Mr. Smothers is an insurance agent for New York Life.