Anniversary of Preece, Joseph & Elizabeth - Grady County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Sandi Carter 17 Jul 2005 Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== The Chickasha Express-Star 2 November 2003 JOSEPH & ELIZABETH PREECE PREECES TO CELEBRATE 60TH ANNIVERSARY Joseph W. Preece and Elizabeth Reyburn (known as Joe and Liz by family and friends) met at a USO dance at the American Legion Hall on Dec. 19, 1942. It was, according to Joe, love at first sight. After a year of Joe’s flight training, Joe and Liz were married in the chapel at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La., on Nov. 6, 1943. They have two daughters, Jan Preece Gaddis, an attorney, Duncan, Okla., and Susan Preece Barnes and husband, Douglas A. Barnes, Dallas, Texas; two grandsons, Douglas A. Barnes, Jr., The Plains, Va., and Joseph W. Barnes, Dallas. They have lived in Chickasha in the same home for 56 years. They have always been involved with their family and friends, their church, politics, and community. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Grady County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/grady/grady.html