Celebrating 65 Years Of Marriage

Don and Betty (Turner) Fifer are celebrating 65 years of marriage. The couple was married Oct. 19, 1956. They live near Ewing and are involved in farming. Both are still very active in their church, community and their family.

The couple had three children, Anita Fifer Durst Rathbun, who passed away in 2005 of cancer, leaving one daughter Sarah Adam and she has two children, Claire and Austin. Rodney Fifer has three children, Isaac, Derek and Anya Fifer Davis, and three grandchildren, Samson, Vivian Fifer and Genevie Glaves. Donnie and Sharon Fifer have three children, Donnie Ray Fifer, Shannon Fifer Hultz Sapp, Ashlee Fifer Lay Hicks. Donne Ray’s children are Neva, Nellie, and Virginia Fifer, Shannon Sapp children are Coleman and Alayna Hultz and Alex Sapp, Ashlee has two children, Addy Lay and Jenson Hicks.

The day Don and Betty Fifer were married was a warm beautiful day, just like what the current weather has been. Her mother cut out and sewed her wedding dress and her grandmother Turner did all the hand work on the beautiful dress.