Gwendolyn Stubbs and Joe Wunneburger celebrated their 50th anniversary on December 25, 2012. It’s hard to find a preacher on Christmas Day, Gwen says.
They were married in Sonora, Texas, and took their honeymoon trip in their 1940 Ford (they still have it) in 1962 to New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. Snow was up to the running boards in West Texas and it was very cold, Gwen recalls.
Joe's aunt introduced them in Oak Hill. Joe had thawed a chicken and didn't have a way to cook it. He took it to his aunt, who then said, "I know a girl I want you to meet." The two ate supper and, three months later, were married.
The couple wanted to go for a buggy ride and found a friend, Kenneth Moore, with a buggy and a nice, big mule. A blue norther had just blown in, so it was good and cold, but friends joined them for the festivities, and had a fabulous time helping them celebrate in an old-fashioned way. It was very cold but they had their friends with them. Joe is pictured in the coat he was married in.
Joe was born and raised in Bastrop and Gwen in Dripping Springs. Gwen is a rancher, and Joe and his brother were in the construction business.
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