Weddings/Engagements from August 2012

Merle and Joyce Young of Mountain Home will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 5. The couple were married in Hunter, Okla., in 1962 The couple have two children, Cheryl Anderson of Anchorage, Alaska, and Michael Young of Mountain Home. They also have five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

Vence and Karen Gordon recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with family and enjoyed a reminiscence retreat on Pensacola Beach, Fla. The couple married July 18, 1987, in Milton, Fla. They have two children, Travis, 22, and Tracey, 16. The Gordons have been residents of Mountain Home for eight years...

Merle and Joyce Young of Mountain Home celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Aug. 5. The couple were married in Hunter, Okla., in 1962. The couple have two children, Cheryl Anderson of Anchorage, Alaska, and Michael Young of Mountain Home. They also have five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren...

Rick and Rose Axtell of Mountain Home have announced the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Angelina Axtell, of Meridian, to Matthew Schofield, son of George Schofield of Philadelphia, Pa., and Bill and Janet Cunningham of Middleton...

James and Annette McAlpin of Mountain Home will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary today, Aug. 22. The couple were married on this date in 1987. They have two children, Amanda and Matt Eresman, currently stationed in Portugal, and Shaun McAlpin of Mountain Home...