COMANCHE —
Royce P. and Earline Cope Rochell will celebrate 50 years of marriage July 2, 2010. The couple wed the same day, 50 years prior in Wichita Falls, Texas.
The couple has called both Duncan and Comanche home during their marriage. Royce worked at First National Bank from 1960 to 1969 and then at Comanche Security State Bank from 1969 to 1984. He was president from 1975 to 1984. Now retired, he is into farming and ranching. Earline worked part-time as a bookkeeper and was a homemaker.
The two are members of the Chisholm Trail Church of Christ. They enjoy traveling and spending time at their lake house at Lake Texoma and spending time with their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The couple’s children are Roy and Sandy Rochell of Pottsboro, Texas and Holly and Todd Churchman of rural Duncan. The couple has six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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