Barry and Jo Stephenson Brown of Columbus and Greer, S.C, announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Margaret Brown of Lynchburg, Va., and Matthew Holland Sales of Lynchburg, Va. Matt is the son of Gary and Nancy Hockett Sales of Lynchburg, Va.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Margaret Hinson Brown and the late Major T. “M.T.” Brown of Lexington, N.C, and the late Robert H. “Bob” and Emily Myers Stephenson, also of Lexington, N.C.

Brown is a graduate of Chatham Hall in Chatham, Va., and the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., where she earned a degree in psychology and sociology as well as a master’s in social work. She is currently the family services coordinator for Strategic Therapy Associates, Inc in Lynchburg, Va.

The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Harold O. Hockett and the late Holmes Holland Hockett of Lynchburg, Va., and Iris Kreger Sales and the late Oleon M. Sales of Madison Heights, Va.

Sales is a graduate of Rustburg High School in Rustburg, Va., and Radford University in Radford, Va., where he earned a degree in business administration in information systems. He is a network engineer for Centra Health in Lynchburg, Va.

Wedding vows will be exchanged in a 4:30 p.m. ceremony on October 1 in Wintergreen, Va.