Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simmons of Springdale announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Katelyn Simmons, to Dale W. Brown, II, son of the late Dale W. Brown and Angie and Richard Pierce. The bride is the granddaughter of Mary Vaughan and the late Bruce Vaughan and Dorothy Simmons and the late Harry Simmons. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist at the Northwest Arkansas Education Services Cooperative. The groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Murdoch and the late Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Brown. He is a partner with Bassett Law Firm LLP. The couple will marry on November 8th, 2014, at First Christian Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas.