It all started in a zoology class in 1934. Students were seated alphabetically in the tiered lecture hall, so John Henderson, 21, sat directly behind Charlotte Curtis. When he looked down, he liked the shy 20-year-old he saw in front of him. And Charlotte? “I thought he was just a fine fella, and I didn’t…
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Couple married for 70 years die side by side just minutes apart
A DOTING couple who did everything together for 70 years have died just 20 minutes apart in the same American hospice. The passing of Les and Freda Austin, both 90, side-by side in neighboring beds was “about as romantic as you could get”, said son Michael. The couple, from Jackson in Michigan, became sweethearts at…
Loving Couple all smiles at 70th wedding celebration
Marjorie and Johnny Gibson of Balerno who are celebrating their 70th Wedding Anniversary. In 1949 the average price of a house was £1,802 and the average salary was under £6 per week – and it was the year that Marjorie and John from Ingliston tied the knot…. John moved to Ingliston in 1931 from a…
Secrets to a long and happy marriage
This just in from the aspirational marriage report… there’s a couple in California who has been happily married for 67 years. In what has become viral news, the pair told reporters that the key to their union is that they pray together, sing around town in their acapella group of two, the “Singing Chaplains,” and—the…
The Secret Sauce of Indian marriages
Recently I attended the 70th wedding anniversary celebrations of my 90 year old aunt and she was dressed to kill-her hair done up in a bun, tiny solitaires in her ears, a touch of lipstick and rouge(as she calls blusher)-in a beautifully draped Kanjeevaram silk saree. Her […] Since all of us, children, grandchildren, great…
Pope Francis Offers 13 Marriage Tips
In his apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, Pope Francis used St. Paul’s “hymn to love,” taken from his First Letter to the Corinthians, to offer several pieces of advice on how to keep one’s marriage strong throughout the years, based on true love. “Love is patient, love is kind. love is not jealous or boastful; it…
Secret to 70 Years of Marriage? It’s All About This
Norma Timms proved the old adage that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. She is celebrating her 70th wedding anniversary with husband John today. Their love was put to the test soon after they got together when he was conscripted to the army for two years, but regular postal deliveries of…
Seven Decades Together
Ernie and Rose Pinkston will be observing two special occasions on June 30 when they celebrate, along with family and friends, Ernie’s 90th birthday and the couple’s 70th wedding anniversary. It’s apparently going to be quite an event, but more about that later. To truly appreciate the specialness of any celebration like this one, it’s…
Couple Celebrates 70th Wedding Anniversary After Rough Start
Great grandparents in Maidstone are celebrating 70 years of wedded bliss today. Things didn’t start out bright for Ian and Jean Henderson. Jean threw a pair of football bots at Ian when they were at school in their teens. But over the years their romance blossomed and they married in 1949 at the age of…
Boone Couple Celebrates 70th anniversary
Lillian Mae Reeves of Pilot Mountain married Thurman Finch Horner of Oxford at the First Baptist Church of Boone on April 15, 1949. At the time of the wedding, Ms. Reeves was a chemistry professor at Appalachian State University. Mr. Horner had served during World War II in the United States Marine Corps and was…