Articles from unknown sources with handwritten date of December 1962; a second handwritten note stated "Jim born Aug 15, 1888". Extracted from the newspaper article collection started in 1879 by Mrs. Nannie Brown of Madison, Missouri. Kings To Celebrate Golden Anniversary "Mr. and Mrs. James King will observe their golden wedding anniversary, Sunday, December 16, when open house will be held in their honor by their sons. The celebration will be held in the Madison Baptist Church from 2 until 4 o'clock. The WMC Group will be in charge of the arrangements. The public is invited to attend." Mr. and Mrs. James King Observe 50th Wedding Anniversary "Mr. and Mrs. James King celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, December 16, when their five sons held open house in their honor at the Madison Baptist Church from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. All sons were present with the exception of Rev. Kenneth King, Mrs. King and family of Green Bay, Wisconsin, who were unable to attend. Sons and their families present were: Coach Boyd King and Mrs. King, Kirksville; Lieutenant Gerald King and Mrs. King and daughter Sharon Kay of Denver, Colorado; Supt. Ralph King and Mrs. King, son, Chuckie and daughter, Ellen, Memphis, Mo., M. and Mrs. Leonard King, son Larry and daughter Charlotte of Quincy, Ill.; Mr. King is the owner and operator of the Kings Gem Insurance Company in Quincy. Sigbee Holder of Madison and Mrs. Jessie Jones, who were in the wedding party when the Kings were married, were the only ones of the group that were able to attend the anniversary. Around one hundred twenty attended the celebration with the Evening Women Missionary Society in charge. Those taking part were Mrs. John Mihlfeld and Mrs. Georgia Johnston in charge of the guest book; Mrs. Frances Deck, hospitality committee; Mrs. Thelma Gandy, Mrs.Patsy Pierce, Mrs. Marie Peterson and Mrs. Marilyn Gandy were in charge of the gift table; Mrs. Lorene Hendren and Mrs. Georgia Johnston served the cake and Mrs. Thelma Sosenka and Mrs. Betty Darst poured with punch, with Mrs. Elsie Mallory and Mrs. Mary Lou Dowdy in charge of the tables. The guests were served from two tables covered with lace over gold colored cloths. One was centered by the five tiered wedding cake iced in whit with golden sugar bells and white swans placed between each tier topped with golden bells and the number 50 in gold baked by Mrs. Frances Haley. Crystal candelabra with golden candles and a cut glass bowl with an arrangement of yellow roses and bronze winter flowers completed the arrangement. The other table was centered with a crystal punch bowl. Mrs. Nancy Dixon and Mr. Moneaka Heitmeyer served as pianists throughout the afternoon furnishing the music for the occasion. Mrs. Winnie Baker helped with all the arrangements of the celebration. Mr. and Mrs. King and their sons and their families held a dinner at the Merchants Hotel, Moberly, at the noon hour preceding the open house held for them. Mr. King, 74, and Mrs. King, 68, were married December 15, 1912 by Rev. R.A. Jones, Baptist minister, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jones at Holliday. They were attended by Mrs. Julia Holder Kemp and Frank Holder of Madison. The wedding supper was held at the home of Mrs. King's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Holder of Madison. When the Kings were first married they lived in Madison for three years then moved to Mexico, where they lived a few years, moving from there to Hannibal and back to Madison in 1939. Mrs. King is the daughter of Joe and Elnora Holder and Mr. King is the foster son of Gentry and Margarite Walters Heathman. Mr. and Mrs. King have eight grandchildren. The Kings won the Kate Nolen Parental award several years ago." Appreciation "Words are inadequate to express our sincere thanks to everyone for making our Golden Anniversary a lovely event. We want to thank everyone for their calls, cards, gifts, visits, assistance of all who helped in their way to express their kindnesses and thoughtfulness in making "Our Day" a successful event. The people of Madison are the greatest and once again we want to show our appreciation by saying "Thanks" for everything, your thoughtfulness was greatly appreciated.- Mr. and Mrs. James King and Family" Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathleen Wilham. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathleen Wilham 2 Sharon Drive Shelbina, MO. 63468-1562