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10:21 pm Saturday, April 21, 2001

April 15, 2001

By Staff
50th anniversary
REV. AND MRS. HAROLD B. HARRIS JR.
The children of the Rev. and Mrs. Harold B. Harris Jr. will host a reception to honor their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, April 21, 2001, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the fellowship hall of Poplar Springs Drive Baptist Church. The couple has five children, Harold B. Harris III and his wife, Kathy, William Dennis
Harris and his wife, Ann, Virginia Sue "Cissi" Majure and her husband, Stanley, and James Paul Harris and his wife, Melanie, and the late Mary Fern
Harris; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Rev. Harris is pastor of Wahalak Baptist Church in Kemper County and Mrs. Harris is a retired elementary school teacher. Family and friends are invited to attend.
50th anniversary
MR. AND MRS. J.B. PRICE
Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Price will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a reception on Saturday, April 21, 2001, from 2 to 4 p.m., at Nolan Sistrunk's Pavilion in Sebastopol. Their daughter, Linda Carol Boler, will host the event. The couple were married April 30, 1951, in Union. Family and friends are invited to attend.
25th anniversary
MR. AND MRS. DONNY MASSEY
Mr. and Mrs. Donny Massey will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a reception on Sunday, April 22, 2001, from 2 to 4 p.m., at East Philadelphia Baptist Church in Philadelphia. The event will be hosted by their children, Amber Massey, Leah and Heath Cooper and Olivia Sha Massey. Mrs. Massey is the former Norma Jean Anthony. The couple were married April 23, 1976, at Corinth Baptist Church in Kemper County. Family and friends are invited to attend.

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