Fletchers fete 50th

Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fletcher now and in 1964.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Fletcher now and in 1964.

Gary and Donna Fletcher are celebrating 50 years of marriage with a party from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, in the community room at the EMS building, Pea Ridge.

The couple were married Oct. 2, 1964, in the Pea Ridge Pentecostal Church by Asa Case.

Their children are Jay Fletcher and his wife, Kim, Marsha Austin and her husband, Fred, all of Pea Ridge, Evelyn Wrinkle of Salinas, Calif., and Franklin Fletcher, deceased. They have 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren with two more great-grandchildren expected in December.

The Fletchers have lived in the Pea Ridge area their entire married life.

Gary is a native of Washburn, Mo., and Donna's family moved to Pea Ridge when she was 10 years old.

Community on 10/08/2014