OAK RIDGE, Mo. -- Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Slinkard of Oak Ridge celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a dinner and dance Feb. 24, 2001, at Deerfield Lodge in Cape Girardeau.
Hosts were their children.
Slinkard and Sally Pulliam were married Feb. 23, 1951, at the Bollinger County Courthouse in Marble Hill, Mo.
The Slinkards have 11 children: Joel Slinkard, Debbie Wolfe, Ernest Slinkard, Terressa Slinkard, Roger Slinkard, Carl Slinkard, Karen Chamness and Lisa Slinkard, all of Oak Ridge, David Slinkard of Chaffee, Mo., Sandy Slinkard and Stacy Slinkard of Cape Girardeau.
The couple has 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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