Mr. and Mrs. Rollie H. Sessions are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Kari Frances Sessions, to James Cecil Helmly, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Helmly of Rincon.

Kari is the granddaughter of Rollie and Frances Sessions, Barbara Ann White and the late Joe White, and the late James Jerry Pritchard.

J.C. is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gnann Sr. and the late Mr. and Mrs. James B. Helmly Sr.

Kari is a 2007 graduate if Effingham County High School. She is a 2012 graduate of Georgia Southern University with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education. She is employed with the Effingham County Board of Education.

J.C. is a 2006 graduate of Effingham County High School. He is a 2011 graduate of Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. He is employed with J.W. Buckley Associates of Savannah.

Kari and J.C. will be married on May 25, 2013, at 6 p.m. The ceremony will be held at Pine Street Baptist Church in Guyton. The reception will immediately follow at Meldrim Wood Plantation, 10873 Mud Road in Brooklet.

Friends and family are invited to attend.