Steeles Celebrates 70 Years of Marriage

Don and Sara Jane Steele of Hopewell celebrated 70 years of marriage at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the fire hall of the Southern Cove Fire Company in New Enterprise.

A homemade turkey dinner with all the trimmings was prepared and served by the firemen's auxiliary. More than 75 people attended the event.

Don addressed their guests with a welcome and a few words. "We were blessed with a good family. I guess we did something right. At times I thought Sara Jane was being too strict, but I know now she was right."

Don and Sara Jane married Nov. 12, 1949, in Winchester, Va. Sara tells of the...