On the weekend of Aug. 1, Tom and Peggy Purnell, longtime, almost lifetime, residents of the Occoquan/Woodbridge area, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Virginia Beach. They were accompanied by their family: Lisa Purnell Sikes and husband, Steve; grandkids, Ashley and Christopher Scriber, and their great-granddaughter, Hailey, of Sandy Hook. Also in attendance were the best man, Mickey Mooney and his wife, Nancy, of Woodbridge; and Doris Waggy Moore and her husband, Kenneth, of Darlington, S.C.
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