The Rev. Thomas C. Howell Sr. and Tina Drake Howell of Meridian will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary on Monday, July 6, 2015. The couple were married July 6, 1985, in Meridian, and have two children, Thomas Howell Jr. and Marian Kelitah Howell. Mr. Howell is pastor of Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church of Meridian and Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Topton. Mrs. Howell is a housewife.