This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rackley, Keller, Turner, Gayle, Tankersley Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xYB.2ACE/1637 Message Board Post: Buford and Betty Rackley will celebrate their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, October 18, with a reception from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the Eastman Baptist Church. All family and friends are invited to attend this very special celebration. The family has requested no gifts please, your presence will be their gift. Hosting the reception will be their children, Mark and Sherry Rackley, Monahans, Texas; Layne Rackley, Laguna Beach, California; and Sonya Gayle, Eastman. Buford, the son of the late Frank and Alma Tankersley Rackley, was born and raised in the Burneyville community. Betty, the daughter of Mable Turner Keller and the late Rhul Keller, was born and raised in the Eastman community. The couple was married on October 21, 1953 in Marietta, in the home of the Rev. W.P. Rowland. The couple enjoyed an early celebration on September 6, when they took an Alaskan Cruise. They flew to Anchorage, boarded the Coral Princess ship in Seward, and spent the next seven days cruising the Gulf of Alaska. Source: Marietta Monitor, Love County, October 10, 2003, page 5. This article was accompanied by a current photo and an inset photo of the couple as newlyweds.