Mrs. Phyllis Ormsby of Mt. Vernon, Ark. and Rob and Libby Kloap of Stuttgart, Ark., announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Danielle Elizabeth Thomas and John Melnick Kloap II.

The bride to be is the daughter of the late Roy C. Thomas and the granddaughter of Ila Thomas of Montgomery, Ala., the late Elton Thomas, and the late Billie and Clavil Wooten.

She is a 2005 graduate of Vilonia High School and is attending the University of Arkansas at Monticello. She will graduate in 2009 with a degree in marketing.

The prospective groom is the grandson of Marvin and Margaret Richey of Benton, Ark., and the late Nick and Janet Kloap.

He is a 2003 graduate of Stuttgart High School and is attending the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He will graduate in 2009 with a degree in music education.

The outdoor ceremony will take place at 4 p.m., May 12, 2007, at the Centennial Plaza fountain on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Rev. Steve Bushey will perform the ceremony.

A reception will follow the ceremony in the fireplace room of McCastlain Hall on the UCA campus.

Friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend.