Mr. and Mrs. Orval Vancil of Cape Girardeau celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Aug. 6, 2006.
Vancil and Marilyn Frick were married Aug. 5, 1956, at Anna Heights Baptist Church in Anna, Ill. The late Rev. Archie Grigg performed the ceremony.
Their attendants were the late Pauline and Howard Bittle, sister and brother-in-law of the bride.
The couple has three sons, Rodney and Leigh Vancil of Owensboro, Ky., and children, Nicholas, Griffin and Olivia; Doug and Terri Vancil of Greensboro, N.C., and children, Rozanna and Taylor; and Danny Vancil of Atlanta, Ga.
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