Wood -- 50 years

Don and Martha Wood, of Nevada, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The Woods were married on Sept. 8, 1956, at the First Presbyterian Church in Webster Groves Mo.

The couple have four children, Mark and Cindy Wood, Houston Texas, Jill and Chuck Ruhlman, Benton Ark., Ann and Jeff Perkins, Atlanta, Ga., and Patrick and Brooke Wood, Raytown, Mo., and six grandchildren, Chip, Ben and Andrea Ruhlman, Mackenzie and Margana Wood and Breanna Wood.

A dinner, hosted by the Wood children, was held at the Nevada Country Club.