Sarah Alford and Drew Armstrong will marry in July 2011.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Marcia and Ben Alford of New Bern, N.C.

A 2001 graduate of New Bern High School, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing from North Carolina State University.

Her future husband is the son of Cammie and Dan Armstrong of Franklin.

He graduated in 1998 from Southampton High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Barton College. He is employed by Sunbelt Manufacturing.