submitted photo Ray and Diane Holland of Natchez will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012. The couple has three children: Brenda Gallager and her husband, Dan, of San Antonio, Texas, Carrie Bonomo and her husband, John, of Aurora, Colo., and Nathan Holland and his wife, Sherry, of Brandon. They have eight grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Holland were married Jan. 8, 1962, at Barry County Courthouse in Cassville, Mo. Their children are sending them on a trip to Santa Barbara, Calif., where they lived when first married. Rev. Holland has served as pastor for 21 years at Trace City Baptist Church.