MINER - Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cole of Sikeston will be guests of honor for a reception at 2 p.m. Sept. 2 at Miner Baptist Church in commemoration of their golden wedding anniversary.
Cole and the former Betty Walton were married Aug. 29, 1951, in Pocahontas, Ark. Their attendants were Howard Cole of Sikeston and Mary Francis Bridges New of Missouri.
The event is being hosted by their children, Janet and Robert Lashmet of Springfield and Terry and Cindy Cole and Teresa and Phil DeWitt of Sikeston. They have six grandchildren and one great-grandchild.