MATT STROUD AND CHRISTINA TORRES Deborah Rios and Octavio Torres of Burleson have announced the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Christina Jeannette Torres of Ft. Worth to Matthew Lyndon Stroud of Granbury.

The bride is a 1999 graduate of Everman high school, and earned her degree at UT Arlington. She is employed as a teacher with the Arlington school district.

Stroud is the son of Grace and Link Stroud of Granbury, and is a 1999 Granbury high school graduate.

He attended McMurry University and UT Arlington and is a server at Miyako Japanese Steak House in Granbury. He is the grandson of Patsy and Wiley Stroud, and the nephew of Patti and Elmer Ballard, all of Fairfield.

The couple have set a July 9, 2010 wedding to be held at The Rose Chapel in Ft. Worth.