Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bean of Fairhope announce the engagement of their daughter, Christie J. Bean, to A. Hamilton Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Blanton of Lawrenceville, N.J.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the Rev. and Mrs. Richard Gaston of Fairhope and the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bean of Mahomet, Ill.
She is a 2001 graduate of Fairhope High School and at 2005 graduate of the University of South Alabama. She attends the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, where she is scheduled to graduate in 2009 and begin her residency in internal medicine in July.
The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Brown of Napa Valley, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. James C. Blanton of Jacksonville, Fla.
He is a graduate of Hun School in Princeton, N.J., and received a B.B.A. in business finance and economics from Millsaps College, Miss. in 2005. He is employed at Capital One Bank, N.A.’s Commercial Credit Division in New Orleans.
The couple will exchange vows June 6, 2009 at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans.
