Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grayson (Becky) Ellis of Hopeulikit, Georgia, announce the engagement of their daughter, Tara Rebecca Ellis of Hopeulikit, to Ashley Lee of Statesboro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wayne Lee. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of the late John Paul and Beatrice Ellis and the late John Wilton and Juanita Kirby and is the great-granddaughter of the late Ben and Sarah Ellis and the late Ovid and Christine Boatwright Brown and the late Dan and Maryann Beasley and the late Robert M. and AnneJane Nevil Kirby. Tara is a 1997 graduate of Bulloch Academy and is a graduate of Georgia Southern University with a master's degree in education.