McMurrays celebrate 50th

Ronald and Judy Thomas McMurray celebrated their 50th anniversary with an open house at their home in Steptoe Saturday, Aug. 24.

Ronald was raised in Abilene, Texas, and moved to the northwest in 1995. Judy was raised in Zillah, Wash. They met in Seattle and were married in the First Baptist Church in Buena, Wash., Aug. 23, 1969. They moved to Oregon in 1972. After completing seminary in 1975, the couple took their first church in Preston City, Conn. They served the Preston City Bible Church from 1975 until 1997 when they returned to Washington.

Ronald has served as Whitman County Sheriff's Ch...