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4:42 pm Saturday, July 5, 2003

June 29, 2003

By Staff
50th anniversary
Frank and Donnie Todd will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a reception at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church on Highway 503 in Newton. The celebration will be Saturday, July 12 from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. The Todds were married July 3, 1953. They have four children and eight grandchildren.
50th anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Fuller will celebrate their 50th anniversary on Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 2 p.m. with a reception at Toomsuba Baptist Church. C.T. and Jo Ann were married July 4, 1953, in Whistler, Ala. C.T. is a retired fireman from Meridian Naval Air Station and Mississippi Food Services. Jo Ann is retired from the Lauderdale County School System. They live in McKenzie, Ala. The reception will be hosted by their daughter, Sonjo Earnest and her husband, Mike, of Olive Branch; their son, Vincent Fuller of McKenzie; and their four grandchildren, Matthew Wright, Caleb Earnest, Whitney Earnest and Mason Earnest.

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