William and Carol Poole -- 54 years

William Henry "Bill" and Carol Ann (Elliott) Poole, of Grants Pass, Ore., observed their 54th wedding anniversary on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. The couple were married at the First Christian Church in Grants Pass in 1957.

Mrs. Poole, a former Nevada resident, graduated from Nevada High School in 1954 and moved to Oregon, where she met and married her husband. The couple have four sons and four grandchildren, two boys and two girls.