AnniversariesRuth and Raymond DawsonDawsonOTTUMWA — Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Dawson of 5 Silverwood Drive will celebrate their 47th wedding anniversary on Dec. 31, 1994.Raymond L. Dawson and Ruth E. McNulty were married Dec. 31, 1947, in Ottumwa, the Rev. Donald Gill officiating.The couple has six children, Thomas, Ramona Vaux, Susan McDaniel and Patricia Sutton, all of Ottumwa; Beverly Dawson of Independence, Mo.; and the late Carol Diane Funk. They also have 12 grandchildren.He is a retired letter carrier for the United States Postal Service.She is a homemaker.