David and Cynthia Redding of Mena, Arkansas, will celebrate their 50^th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, May 29, 2005, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., with a reception at Queen Wilhelmina Hotel, Rich Mountain, Mena, Arkansas. Mr. Redding married Mary Cynthia Davis on May 30, 1955 in Hatfield, Arkansas. They lived in and near Bonham until he retired from the Texas Highway Department in 1987. She was a LVN at the VA Medical Center in Bonham. They moved back to Mena in 1988.

The couple has three daughters and their families, Rebecca and Fred Denney, Quitman; Brenda and Gary Klose, Savoy; and Loretta McGaughy of Mena, Arkansas. They have seven grandchildren. Erin, Reed and Ryan Klose of Savoy, David Denney of Dallas, Dara Denney of Denton, and Hannah and Audrey McGaughy of Mena, Arkansas.

Their children and grandchildren will host the reception.

Friends and family members are invited to attend. The couple requests their guests not bring gifts.