Wellington residents Doris and Harry Stallings pause and give the good Lord praise and thanks as they ponder their longevity. Harry, who turned 98 years old on Aug. 8, is planning a fish fry to celebrate his wife Doris’ 96th birthday at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26 at Wellington’s First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 911 Bowie St. INTREPID PHOTO / BEV ODOM
WELLINGTON – Both natives of Harmon County, Okla., Harry Stallings and Doris Downs married June 6, 1948, at 19 and 17 years old. Harry served 18 months in the US Army and completed one semester of college waiting for Doris to graduate from Vinson High School.
The teenagers headed straight to Weatherford, Okla. where she worked as a secretary at Southwestern State College. Harry graduated with his b…
