Lindsey Goolsby and Brantley (Bubba) Rogers were guests of honor at an engagement party on Saturday evening, March 4, at the Washington-Wilkes County Club.

Hosts and hostesses were Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burdette, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burdette Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burdette III, Mr. and Mrs. John Harvey Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Roch Filipiak, Dr. and Mrs. Greg McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. Larry McMichael, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pickens, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Strother.

For the occasion the bride-elect wore a lavender silk halter dress with a silver and purple rhinestone broach at the waist. The hostesses presented Miss Goolsby a unique corsage of ribbons surrounding a huge diamond ring.

The clubhouse was beautifully decorated for the festive event. Black wrought iron torches flanked the steps leading to the entrance. The front door held a square moss and greenery covered square wreath backed with a black and white portrait of the couple.

As guests entered the club, they signed the guest book placed on a small wooden table covered in linen with an antique embroidered overlay. The table was lit with a silver tea set lamp and decorated with a silver vase of greenery and garlands of pearl.

The fireplaces were filled with magnolia and tea olive and mantels were decorated with a bevy of silver and glass candleholders and nandina.

Guest tables surrounding the dance floor were covered with white linens and black overlays. Each was centered with a mirror, tea lights and a silver champagne bucket filled with greenery and surrounded with garlands of pearls.

Heavy hors d'oeuvres were elegantly served on silver, pewter and glass appointments from the buffet tables skirted in black and covered with white cloths. Soft greenery laced the tables in between the trays of delicious appetizers.

In the center of the room was a large round table of desserts covered with a black cloth with a white overlay centered with a raised crystal ice bucket, the hostess gift to the couple, filled with a colorful arrangement of flowers.

Each guest table in the bar area was covered with a white cloth and centered with a black mat, tea lights, and a silver mesh and bead covered hurricane surrounded with silver bead garlands and nandina.

Music was coordinated by Mrs. Filipiak and included entertainment by vocalist, Mrs. McLeod.

Miss Goolsby and Mr. Rogers presented each hostess a small hardcover book, "Vases of Lilies" by Pierre Vermont. The book contained memo stationary.

Over 150 guests attended the happy occasion. Special guests included parents of the engaged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Burt Goolsby of Thomson and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Rogers of Washington; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Henderson and Mrs. Allen Rogers of Washington and Mrs. Linda Scott of Crawfordville; the bride-elect's great-grandmother, Mrs. Addison Burt of Washington. Out-of-town guests were Mrs. Carey Anderson of Clarkesville, sister of the prospective bridegroom; Liz Hansford and Mrs. Chris Oxendine of Augusta, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wheatley and Laura Ellen McAvoy of Athens, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bridges of Colbert, Mrs. Pembroke Pope III of Acworth and Mrs. Pembroke Pope IV of Canton, Mrs. Mary Anne Quinn and Grant Quinn of Norwood, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mohr of Thomson and Mrs. Tim Hansford of Watkinsville.