Colliers mark golden event

Mr. and Mrs. Carmon Collier of Scott City celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house April 5, 2003. Hosts were their children.

Collier and Jean Strauser were married April 5, 1953, at Ancell, Mo., by the Rev. Wilburn Coates. Their attendants were Norma Foulk and Jessee Stevenson.

The couple has four children, Karen Stoops, Sharon van der Wel, Carmon Collier Jr., and Debbie Reddick, all of Scott City. They have seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.