Crystal Tripp of East Prairie and Jay Nugent of Augusta, Georgia, formerly of Dexter, Missouri have announced their engagement.

The future bride is the daughter of the late Betty Sue Tripp of East Prairie.  She graduated from Three Rivers College with an Associate of Applied science in Nursing and from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.  Crystal is employed as a Pediatric Nurse in Maternal Child Care at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.

The groom-to-be is the son of Coach A.J. and Bettie Nugent of Dexter.  he is a graduate of Southeast Missouri State university and is employed as a Human Resource, Safety and Nuclear Construction Project Executive by Kontek Industries, In. of Kannapolis, N.C.

Plans are being finalized for a December 10th wedding.