Mr. and Mrs. Howard Marberry of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary Oct. 21, 2009, at Chateau Girardeau, with a party hosted by their children.
Marberry and Vera Hensley were married Oct. 21, 1939, in Cape Girardeau, by Justice Gus Schultz.
The couple has four children, James (Phyllis) Marberry of East Cape Girardeau, Ill., Richard (Marlian) Marberry of Kuttawa, Ky., Mary Ann (Bob) Moore of Cape Girardeau, and Valerie (David) Allen of Tampa, Fla.
They have 10 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.
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