Jim and Donna Harris of Rockingham would like to announce the engagement of their son, James I. Harris III, to Kerri Leigh Holliday, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Rick Holliday of Wilmington.

He is the grandson of Catherine Mabe and the late James Mabe of Ellerbe and the late James (Lefty) and Mary Harris of Rockingham.

He is a 2003 graduate of Richmond Senior High School, and a 2007 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, where he earned a bachelor of science in biology. He also graduated on May 8 with a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shipp of Wilmington and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holliday of Williamston.

She is a 2001 graduate of John T. Hoggard High School, Wilmington, and a 2006 graduate of UNCW with a bachelor of science in early education.

The wedding is planned for July 10 at 2 p.m. at the Pine Valley Baptist Church Wilmington.