Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Kyle Bates of Warrior, Alabama are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Emily Helen Bates, to Jeremy Duncan Wiggins, son of Mr. & Mrs. Barney Kiplon (Kip & Rita) Wiggins of Andalusia, Alabama.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Helen Jolly and the late Mr. Oscar Dean Jolly of Warrior, Ala., and the late Mr. & Mrs. Fred Bates of Mobile, Ala.

Emily is a graduate from Gardendale High School and from the University of Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in nursing and is employed with Princeton Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. & Mr. William Edward Duncan of Greenville, Ala., and Mr. & Mrs. Walter Hinton Wiggins of Andalusia, Ala.

Jeremy is a graduate from Andalusia High School and from the University of Alabama with a BS degree in environmental science and is employed with Thompson Engineering, Inc. in Mobile, Ala.

The wedding will take place Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Applewood Farm in Pell City, Ala.

Invitations will be sent.