Published: December 21, 2007 10:22 am            

Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thomas

Earl and Dee Thomas started celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a 10-day Panama Canal cruise in November. The couple is having an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 22, 2007, at the Tipton Lions Club, 1003 N. East St., Tipton. The couple requests no gifts.

They were married on Dec. 22, 1957, in the First United Methodist Church in Vici, Okla. The Rev. Jesse Eaton officiated.

She retired as the administrative secretary from Tipton High School in 2000, having served 28 years in the education community. He retired from Delco Electronics in 1997 after 42 years. He was in the research and development department and retired as a supervisor.

They are both active in the Goldsith United Methodist Church and the Tipton Lions Club.

The couple has three daughters, Debra and Cary Barker, Indianapolis, Diane and Doug Speer, Tipton, and Deletha and Michael Boyd, Chandler, Ariz.

They have six grandchildren, Charles and Erinn Sullivan, Rachael and Ryan Speer, and Samantha and Andrew Boyd. One son, Eric, is deceased.

        

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