Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Hicks Sr. of Kinston will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary at 4 p.m. today with a dinner given by their children – Melodee H. Brown of Kinston and Clarence R. Hicks II of Wardolf, Ga., at the Folded Napkin in Kinston.
The couple has three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Hicks is the former Velma L. Whitfield of Kinston. She is a DT1 at Caswell Center. Mr. Hicks also is employed at Caswell Center.
They were married Sept. 22, 1963, at the home of the late Frank and Classie Whitfield by the late Rev. Earl Lee Garner.