Holshouser-Hughes

Joy Hill of Cape Girardeau and David Holshouser of Perryville, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah L. Holshouser, to Bret N. Hughes. He is the son of Barry N. Hughes of Glen Allen, Mo., and the late Bonnie Sue McCarter of Marble Hill, Mo.

Holshouser is a 1997 graduate of Jackson High School in Jackson, Mo. She expects to receive a bachelor of science degree in psychology and nursing science from Arizona State University in December 2002. She is employed at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a consulting firm in Phoenix, Ariz.

Hughes is a 1980 graduate of Thornton High School in Harvey, Ill. He was a combat medic in the U.S. Army, and received combat medical specialist recognition while in Germany studying pediatrics.

A Dec. 23 wedding is planned in Arizona.