ENGAGEMENTS: ALLEN-EASLEY

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Simmons of Blytheville, Ark., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Marie Allen, to Tab Leon Easley, both of Avon, Ill. He is the son of George Easley Jr. of Chapin, Ill., and the late Shirley Easley. Allen is also the daughter of Raymond and Sheila Allen of Omaha, Neb.

Allen is a 1990 graduate of Blytheville High School, and 1993 and 1995 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. She is a professor in the law enforcement and justice administration department at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Ill. She is pursuing a doctorate degree at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Easley is a 1986 graduate of Triopia High School in Concord, Ill., served in the U.S. Army from 1986-89, and attended Lincoln Land Community College. He is a distributor with G&M Distributing in Galesburg, Ill.

A March wedding is planned in Cape Girardeau.