SOUTH FULTON, Tenn. — Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hale of South Fulton will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Water Valley Baptist Church fellowship hall. All friends and relatives are invited.

Mr. Hale and the former Peggy Crittenden were married June 9, 1962, by the Rev. Norman Crittenden at his home in Fulton, Ky. Their attendants were Buford “Buff” Johnson and Barbara Alderdice.

Mrs. Hale is a retired nurse from the University of Chicago. She is the daughter of the late W.A. and Nadine Newton Crittenden.

Mr. Hale retired from Ford Motor Co. He is the son of the late Eston and Olive Bauer Hale.

They have three sons: Shane Hale of Homewood, Ill., Aaron Hale of Crete, Ill., and Todd Hale of Colorado Springs, Colo.; and four grandchildren.