Gene Blanton and Jill Masso Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Masso of Athens announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Sawaya, to Gene Blanton, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Farris of Atkinson, N.H.

Ms. Masso is the granddaughter of Joe Fitzgerald and the late Betty Barton Fitzgerald of Brownsboro, and Joe F. Masso and the late Claire Sawaya Masso of Lubbock.

Ms. Masso, a graduate of Athens High School, Southern Methodist University and Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, is an attorney at Jones Carr McGoldrick, LLP, in Dallas.

Mr. Blanton, a graduate of Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, the University of North Texas and Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, is an attorney at Ford Nassen & Baldwin, LLP, in Dallas.

A May wedding in Austin is planned.