SYMSONIA — Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sims of Symsonia will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 3:30 p.m. July 7 in the fellowship hall of Reidland Church of Christ. All friends and relatives are invited. The couple request no gifts.

Mr. Sims and the former Saundra Michael Latham were married July 4, 1962, by Perry Strong at Milburn Church of Christ. Their attendants were Ben and Pat Sims.

Mrs. Sims is retired from Western Baptist Hospital. She is the daughter of Dorothy Latham Sims of Reidland and the late Larry Latham.

Mr. Sims is retired from the Tennessee Valley Authority. He is the son of the late Etta and Vester Sims.

They are the parents of Hans Sims of Symsonia, Hunter Sims of Lexington, Halah Sims Cox of Nashville, Tenn., and the late Heidi Sims. They have two grandchildren.