Schley County GaArchives News.....SEARS OBSERVE 61ST ANNIVERSARY April 9, 1943
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The Ellaville Sun  Friday, April 9, 1943 April 9, 1943
SEARS OBSERVE 61ST ANNIVERSARY
By Mrs. H.J. Williams
Dr. and Mrs. W.D. Sears celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary Friday, 
April 2, at their home here.  This venerable couple both were born and reared 
in Schley county, and are now living in the home into which they moved when 
they were first married.  Time has dealt kindly with Dr. and Mrs. Sears.  With 
the alacrity of people much younger, Dr. Sears being 87, and Mrs. Sears having 
passed her 81st birthday, they go about their daily duties, happy in the 
thought that each has been spared for the other during their many years of 
wedded life.  Dr. Sears hobby is playing Chinese checkers.  Each night except 
Sunday, friends gather around the family fireside, and enjoy the doctor’s 
favorite pastime with him.  Mrs. Sears delights in raising chickens and 
vegetables.  Her hobby is crocheting centerpanes and luncheon sets for her 
three charming daughters and her grandchildren.  Recently Mrs. Sears’ widowed 
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Lou Lightner, and a roomer, Mrs. Carrie Hill, were ill 
at the same time.  Mrs. Sears not only did the cooking for members of her 
family and Mrs. Hill, but also found time to minister in other ways to their 
comfort.  Last fall Mrs. Sears made four dresses for herself that would have 
done credit to the best dressmaker in town.  Dr. and Mrs. Sears are regular 
attendants at all church services.  For faithfulness to his church, Dr. Sears 
was awarded a silver loving cup on his eightieth birthday.  During their long 
residence in Ellaville, they have exerted an influence for good that will be 
everlasting, by their kindly deeds, their devotion to duty, their cheerful 
outlook on life and the Christian spirit they at all times manifest towards 
their friends and neighbors.  Dr. and Mrs. Sears have been married longer than 
any couple residing in Schley county.  Their children are:  Mrs. B.T. Rainey, 
Buena Vista; Mrs. Bessie Lou Lightner, Ellaville; Mrs. Ruth Head, Evansville, 
Indiana.


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