Leon and Margaret Ballard will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, from 2 p.m.-4 p.m. at Grace
Fellowship Baptist Church. The event will be hosted by their children: Ricky Ballard and his wife, Beth, and Sherrie Gaddie and her husband, Brian. The
Ballards have four grandchildren and three step-grandchildren. The couple were married on Aug. 24, 1959, at Grandview Baptist Church in Meridian. Friends and family are invited to attend the reception. The couple requests no gifts.
Anniversaries
August 9, 2009

