Anniversaries from May 2009

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Crites of Bloomington, Ind., will celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary with a party May 9, 2009, at the Water's Edge in Cape Girardeau. Their children will host the event. Crites and Sylvia Henry were married April 29, 1945, at the Henry home in Sedgewickville, Mo...

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Siebert of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner March 14 at Jackson Senior Center. Approximately 125 guests attended from Cape Girardeau, Jackson, Scott City, Oak Ridge and Perryville, Mo. Siebert and Elda Mae Nitsch were married March 15, 1959, at Emanuel Evangelical Church in Jackson, by the Rev. M.A. Tobitzky...

Richard and Sue Harrington of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Celebrations Jan. 31. The Harringtons are formerly of Cairo, Ill. Celebrating with them were their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other family members and friends...

Mr. and Mrs. John Hartle of Orange City, Fla., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a cruise to the Bahamas. Hartle and Beverly Moss were married April 25, 1959, at Calvary Baptist Church in Perryville, Mo., by the Rev. Duane Hensley. Their attendants were Margaret Moss Murdock, Barbara Abernathy, Lois Moss Duncan, Joy Hartle Friedrich, Joe Hartle and Ronald Abernathy...

Horace and Frances Hitt of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception April 4, 2009, at the 4-H Exhibit Hall in Arena Park. The Hitts were married April 4, 1959, at Zion Lutheran Church in Pocahontas. Their attendants were Verna Lancaster, Artie Brewer, Bernice Smith, Donna Voorhes, William Hennecke, Paul Summers, Douglas Brucker, and the late Clarence Job...

Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Summers of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner May 16 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Cape Girardeau. Summers and Dorothy Brockmeyer were married May 16, 1959, at St. Mary's Cathedral, by Monsignor Marion F. Forst...

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dickmann of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and dance April 3 at the 4-H Building in Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Approximately 135 guests attended from as far away as Topeka, Kan., and Biloxi, Miss...

Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Adams of Jackson celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary May 9, 2009. Adams and Shirley Martin were married May 9, 1954, in Hernando, Miss., by the Rev. J.H. Davis. Their attendants were Barbara Allison and Bill Schoen. Adams is the son of the late George and Irene Adams. Mrs. Adams is the daughter of Freda Martin of Jackson and the late Walter Martin...

Mr. and Mrs. Larry McKinney of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and dance reception at the 4-H Exhibit Hall in Arena Park. Hosts were their children and spouses, Candy and Roger McNeely of Cape Girardeau and Lance and Linda McKinney of Jackson...

Mr. and Mrs. Jack P. Matthews of Tucson, Ariz., celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary May 17, 2009. Both are natives of Cape Girardeau. Matthews and Gloria June Green were married May 17, 1952, at Third Street Methodist Church in Cape Girardeau, by the Rev. Willis. Their attendants were Barbara Green and Richard Barks...

Mr. and Mrs. William "Bill" Estes of Gordonville celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 29, 2009. Mrs. Estes is the former Emma Duba. The couple has two children and a grandchild. ...