Deatons celebrate 50th anniversary
In celebration of the couple’s golden wedding anniversary, a reception was given Aug. 23 at the Victorian Carriage House at Historic Falcon Manor. Hostesses were their daughters, Paula Hobbs, Paulette Todd, Cindy Gannon and Connie Sinks.
First, the Deatons were treated to a special night Friday in the Wild Rose Suite at Fall Creek Falls Bed and Breakfast. Their daughters arrived in a white chauffeured limousine to take their parents on a trip down memory lane. The journey had been mapped out in advance to subsequently end at the site of the reception where they were greeted by over 150 family and friends.
The honoree was attired in a two-pieced multifloral dress with a tea length hemline complimented by a wrist corsage of white roses. Her husband wore a white rose boutonniere pinned to the lapel of his blue blazer.
The registration table displayed a picture of the couple with white flowers and gold ribbon. The antique horse carriage was used for a gift register.
The party room was festively decorated with fern, ivy, white flowers and gold balloons. Candlelight was aglow at each guest table and several display boards featuring family mementos were positioned throughout the carriage house.
Harold Needum, who had served as bestman, and Joann Schultz, the maid of honor, both arrived from Kansas to attend the 50th year celebration. In addition, several other friends from the couple’s past traveled to McMinnville from Missouri and Kansas. Among the out-of-town guests were relatives: Jim and Ruth Renick, Larry and Nancy Deaton, Debbie and Frank Hull and family, Bill and Debbie Renick and family and Gretchen Deaton; lifelong friends Pat and Claude Warmund; Harold and Maryann Needham, Joann and Gene Schultz.