Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Lynn Summers of Mountain Brook announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine “Katie” Ellen Summers, to Austin Michael Clifton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Michael Clifton of Kennesaw, Georgia.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Dr. David Jack Rowland and the late Mrs. Rowland of Jasper, and the late Mr. and Mrs. George Carson Summers of Knoxville, Tennessee.
Miss Summers is a 2014 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Alabama, where she received a bachelor’s degree in commerce and business administration in accounting with a specialization in professional accounting and a minor in Spanish. She received her master’s of accountancy degree in 2015 from the University of Alabama. She was a member of Alpha Omicron Pi social sorority, Omicron Delta Kappa, Blue Key Honor Society and the Cardinal Key Honor Society. She was presented at the Poinsettia Debutante Ball in 2012. Miss Summers will be employed with Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Birmingham.
The prospective groom is the grandson of the late Mr. Henry Wade Thurmond III and the late Mrs. Anne Lynn Pomorski, both of Dallas, and Mrs. Billy Michael Clifton and the late Mr. Clifton of Killeen, Texas.
Mr. Clifton is a 2014 cum laude graduate of the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in commerce and business administration in marketing. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity and was a cadet major in the University of Alabama ROTC. Mr. Clifton is plant manager for Atlas Welding Supply Co, Inc., in Tuscaloosa. He is a 2nd lieutenant in the Alabama Army National Guard.
The wedding will be Oct. 3 at Canterbury United Methodist Church in Mountain Brook.
