Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Gray of Great Bend will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on April 7, 2024, with a come and go reception from 2-4 p.m. at Great Bend Coffee, 2015 Lakin Ave. No gifts are requested.

Lewis Gray from Peabody married Loretta Miller from Billings Mont., on April 6, 1974. The couple have three children: daughter Misty and her husband Mark Straub of Great Bend, son Landon Gray of Hutchinson and daughter Crystal and husband Peter Kautz of Temple, Texas. They have six grandchildren, Makenna and husband Bryce  Carbajal, Makeila Straub of Great Bend, Kathelynn and Bryce Gray of Hutchinson and Amelia and Eric Kantz of Temple, Texas.