Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Cooper of Peachtree City announce the engagement of their daughter, Amanda Lee Cooper, to Norman Jarrett Townsend, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Norman Townsend of Augusta.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of the late Mrs. Ruth Daniel Byrd of Lexington, Ky., the late Charles Elmer Rees of Morristown, Tenn., and the late Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Roy Cooper of Mobile, Ala. She is a 1996 graduate of McIntosh High School, a 2000 graduate of The University of Georgia with a bachelor of business administration in management information systems, and a 2005 graduate of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a master of arts in teaching in elementary education. She is employed by the Columbia County Board of Education as a teacher at Stevens Creek Elementary in Augusta.

The groom-elect is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Gordon Manning and the late Mr. and Mrs. Norman Henry Townsend, all of Jesup. He is a 1993 graduate of Lakeside High School, Augusta, and a 2000 graduate of Augusta State University with a bachelor of business administration in finance. He is employed by Masters Cleaners in Augusta as chief financial officer.

The wedding will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 24, 2006, at Savannah Rapids Pavilion in Augusta.

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