Cantrells celebrate 50th anniversary

The children and grandchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Cantrell honored their parents with a reception as the occasion of their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated.

Mr. Cantrell and his bride were married March 22, 1953 at Bybee Branch Church of Christ with minister Joe D. Gray as the officiant. The anniversary gala was held in the fellowship room at the church exactly 50 years later. The couple’s maid of honor, Katherine Webb Boyd, and best man, Lowell Warren, were both present for the reception.

The Cantrells’ family includes Teresa and Steve Atnip, Gina and Leland “Butch” Mullican, Pamela and John Green, Joe Thomas II and Sheila Cantrell. They have 10 grandchildren, Merideth Jones, Miranda and Mary Beth Atnip, Abby and Brett Mullican, Tyler and Ethan Green, Thomas, Emma and Zach Cantrell, and two great-grandchildren, Mitchell and Claire Jones.

Mrs. Cantrell was attired in a beige two-piece suit with teardrop lace accenting the bodice. She wore a corsage of white rosebuds and a rosebud boutonniere was pinned to Mr. Cantrell’s suit lapel.

Windows were decorated with potted cyclamen and bouquets of white and yellow roses centered the tables. Guest tables were enhanced with candles on antique white lace runners.

Served from a point of interest was a four-tiered cake iced in a basketweave design and supported with Grecian columns. A 50th anniversary symbol graced the uppermost tier.

Approximately 150 guests called between the party hours of 2 to 4 p.m.

Out-of-town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Williams, Florence, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Warren, Lawrenceburg; Tricia Cantrell and friend Phil Treeter, Hazel Green, Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Woods, Burns; Mr. and Mrs. Reese Green and Mae Cooper, Sparta; Mr. and Mrs. Ranse Anderson, Murfreesboro; and Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Byars, Woodbury.