Robert Sr. and Clover Dowe will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on Thursday. They were married July 21, 1951, in Utica and will celebrate with a dinner with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

The Dowes have three children: Linda Dowe McGowan and husband Ronnie, Robert P. Dowe Jr. and Rachael Dowe Cook and husband David, all of Vicksburg. They also have six grandchildren, Mark McGowan, Lauren McGowan Powers, Robyn Dowe Wells, Kimberly Dowe, Kiel May and Scott May and five great-grandchildren, Clover, Dowe and Lona Kate McGowan and Jonathan and Breanna Wells.