Mr. and Mrs. Robert William Crisler of Vestavia Hills announce the engagement of their daughter, Laura Ellene, to William Albert Gresham Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Albert Gresham of Norfolk, Va.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Jimmie Lee Smith and the late Mr. Jimmie Lee Smith of Vestavia Hills and Mrs. Robert Moses Crisler Jr. and the late Mr. Robert Moses Crisler Jr. of Terry, Miss.
Miss Crisler is a graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and a 2007 magna cum laude graduate of Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in communication disorders. She was philanthropy chairman of Delta Delta Delta sorority, and served as president of the National Student Speech and Hearing Association. She was also a member of Mortar Board, Omicron Delta Kappa and Lambda Sigma honor societies. She received her master’s degree from the University of Memphis in speech pathology in 2009. She is currently a speech language pathologist with the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Earl Thomas Gresham Jr. and the late Mr. Earl Thomas Gresham Jr. of Norfolk and Mrs. Oscar Ellis Forbes and the late Mr. Oscar Ellis Forbes of Norfolk.
Mr. Gresham is a graduate of Norfolk Academy and received his bachelor’s degree in economics, with a minor in rhetoric, from Hampden-Sydney College in 2008. He was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, the Hampden-Sydney Student Government, Club Lacrosse, and the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Virginia program. He is currently a special projects administrator at E.T. Gresham Company in Norfolk.
The wedding will be held on Oct. 20, at Dawson Memorial Baptist Church in Homewood.
