Miss Abbie Lauren EasonDenise and Robert Campbell of Canton  and Bowen and Elizabeth Eason of Madison announce the engagement of their daughter, Abbie Lauren Eason to Paul Caleb Koonce, son of Debra and Paul Koonce of Hattiesburg.  
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of  Porter Faye Vandevere of Yazoo City and the late J. J. Vandevere of Benton; and  Jean Eason and the late Gene B. Eason, Sr. of Jackson.  
Miss Eason is a 2003 graduate of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and a 2007 cum laude graduate of the University of Mississippi where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration.  At Ole Miss, she was a member of Delta Gamma sorority .  In 2010, she was graduated cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law.  Miss Eason is associated with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.  
The prospective bridegroom is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jay Gore, Jr. of Grenada, and  Doris Koonce and Bob Koonce of Olive Branch.  Koonce is a 2003 graduate of Oak Grove High School and a 2007 graduate of Mississippi State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.  At Mississippi State, he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity.  He was graduated in 2011 from the University of Mississippi School of Law.
The couple will exchange vows October 1 at the WaterColor Inn and Resort in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.