[caption id="attachment_12253" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Celebration-Jan-and-Jim-Pearce.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-12253" alt="Longtime Port Royal residents, Jim and Jeanette Pearce, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a party on Wednesday, July 24. They currently reside at Helena House in Port Royal. Mr. Pearce is a retired Marine Lt. Colonel, WWII veteran and well-known Beaufort school principal. Mrs. Pearce was CEO of their household. Together they raised six daughters." src="http://www.yourislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Celebration-Jan-and-Jim-Pearce-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" /></a> Longtime Port Royal residents, Jim and Jeanette Pearce, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a party on Wednesday, July 24. They currently reside at Helena House in Port Royal. Mr. Pearce is a retired Marine Lt. Colonel, WWII veteran and well-known Beaufort school principal. Mrs. Pearce was CEO of their household. Together they raised six daughters.[/caption]