SIKESTON -- Ralph and Barbara Ayers celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 21, 2008, with their family who surprised them with a trip for all to Maui, Hawaii.
The Ayers were married Nov. 29, 1958, at Little Vine Baptist Church. Pictured with the Ayers are their children and grandchildren: Allen and Julie Ayers with their son, Austin of O'Fallon, Ill., and daughter, Lindsay, a student at BYU in Utah; and son Ralph Ayers Jr. of Burbank, Calif.