- J.C. and Dorothy Newland live in the retirement center of Lakewood Village in Fort Worth, Texas. They will be celebrating their 75th wedding anniversary on May 29, 2023. But they first met about 1944 when they were freshmen at Stanton High School, halfway between Midland and Big Spring, Texas. Dorothy grew up on a farm about three miles west of Stanton. J.C.’s parents purchased a farm about...