0609strong    Mr. and Mrs. Clayton A. Strong Jr. of Pearl  announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Lindsay Strong, to Christopher Ryan Cox, son or Ms. Vickie Stanford of Pearl and Mr. Charles Lee Cox Jr. of Bentonia.
    The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Mrs. Marie Strong and the late Clayton A. Strong Sr. of Vicksburg and Ms. Arlene Walker of Tallulah, La. and Mr. Charles Walker of Zwolle, La.