Ronald and Sharon Shepard

Ronald and Sharon Shepard of Franklin, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this summer with a vacation.

Mr. Shepard and his wife, the former Sharon Parker, were married March 13, 1965, at Jollity Methodist Church in Johnson County.

He is retired from Vectren.

She is retired from Community Heart and Vascular Hospital.

They have three children, Christina Leann Lamb, Brian Dean Shepard and Jason William Shepard; and six grandchildren.