Johnson -- 70 years

Mr. and Mrs. Buford Johnson will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on May 21, 2009. Reta Mae Ermel and Buford Johnson were married on May 21, 1939, by the Rev. Young in the Presbyterian Parsonage in Fort Scott. They have lived most of their married lives in Bronson, Kan.

Their children are Judy and Rex Wilson, Bronson; Ronda Murrow, Uniontown; Vlad and Donna Johnson, Wamego, Kan.; and Wesley and Billie Sue Johnson, Bronson.

The family requests that friends and family honor the couple with a card shower. Cards may be mailed to Mr. and Mrs. Buford Johnson, PO Box 163, Bronson, KS 66716.