Browns mark golden event

Mr. and Mrs. Loomis Brown of Jackson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 26, 2003, at Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau.

Hosts were their children and spouses, Steven and Nancy Brown of Kerrville, Texas, Gordon and Nancy Brown and Cheryl and Todd Wasilewski of Franklin, Tenn.

Approximately 200 guests attended from Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Illinois.

Brown and Olline Abernathy were married Aug. 24, 1953, at Crump, Mo.

The Browns have four grandchildren, Callie and Bethany of Kerrville, and Collin and Evan of Franklin.