Jack and Pauline Bess of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 71st wedding anniversary May 30, 2013.
They were married May 30, 1942, in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
The couple formerly lived in Dexter, Mo., and Florida.
They have a son, Jerry Bess of Bloomfield, Mo., four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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