Dr. and Mrs. Lenwood Perkins Smith Jr., of Columbia, S.C. announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Kathryn Leigh, to William Arthur Rector, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daniel Rector of Rock Hill, S.C.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Glenna T. Smith of Burlington, N.C.; the late Mr. Lenwood P. Smith, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hoyle.
Miss Smith graduated from the University of North Carolina in 2003 and has a Master’s degree from the University of South Carolina. She is currently in law school at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The groom-elect is the grandson of Mrs. Glenna L. Lipes of Covington; the late Mr. Arthur C. Lipes, and the late Mr. and Mrs. William L. Rector.
Mr. Rector graduated from Clemson University in 2005 and is an environmental engineer with McGill Associates in Hickory, N.C.
Katie and Will are to be married on March 6, 2010, at The Millstone at Adam’s Pond in Columbia, S.C.