NEWSOMS—Mary and George Thomas Drake recently celebrated their 50th golden wedding anniversary.

A dinner party was given in honor of the couple by their children Lisa and John Skeeters, Tommy Drake and their granddaughter, Ryleigh Elizabeth Skeeters.

The Drakes were married on Jan. 26, 1958, in Murfreesboro, N.C. and have resided in Newsoms for the past 50 years.