Two weeks ago, somebody asked about the longest marriage on record between two people . One answer came from a person who saw a ninety -- seven year old man and his ninety -- three year old wife who had been married for eighty years on "Regis and Kelly" . They were married when he was seventeen and she was thirteen . Does anybody remember seeing this episode ? Does anybody know where I can find the names of this couple ?
2007-10-22 08:08:19 · 6 answers · asked by I_hate_being_single 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think this is them:
"A Scottboro Alabama couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, one of the longest marriages among living people when compared to reports in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.
Alonzo, 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary a day early Sunday at the nursing home where they have lived since May 2002.
Without their families' approval, the two teens married in 1927, when he was working at a farm, plowing fields with a mule and picking cotton for 50 cents a day.
The couple, who raised six children, credit their long lives to hard farm work and eating lots of vegetables. They moved frequently to find farm work, going from Paint Rock Valley near Garth to Atchley Bottom in Madison County and then to Woodville in the 1960s.
They said their eight decades of marriage have been virtually free of fussing.
"We've been too busy to fight," Beulah Sims said.
Alonzo Sims retired from farming in 1966 and did janitorial work at Redstone Arsenal until 1972. They also operated service stations in Paint Rock and Woodville for a few years. Now, they spend their time visiting other residents at the nursing home, listening to gospel music, and playing bingo.
"After all these years," he said, "I still enjoy being with her."
A Scottboro Alabama couple recently celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary, one of the longest marriages among living people when compared to reports in the 2007 Guinness Book of World Records.
Alonzo, 97, and Beulah Sims, 94, celebrated their anniversary a day early Sunday at the nursing home where they have lived since May 2002.
Without their families' approval, the two teens married in 1927, when he was working at a farm, plowing fields with a mule and picking cotton for 50 cents a day.
The couple, who raised six children, credit their long lives to hard farm work and eating lots of vegetables. They moved frequently to find farm work, going from Paint Rock Valley near Garth to Atchley Bottom in Madison County and then to Woodville in the 1960s.
They said their eight decades of marriage have been virtually free of fussing.
"We've been too busy to fight," Beulah Sims said.
Alonzo Sims retired from farming in 1966 and did janitorial work at Redstone Arsenal until 1972. They also operated service stations in Paint Rock and Woodville for a few years. Now, they spend their time visiting other residents at the nursing home, listening to gospel music, and playing bingo.
"After all these years," he said, "I still enjoy being with her."
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2007-10-22 08:14:50 · answer #1 · answered by Learning Conformity 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Percy and Florence Arrowsmith
Percy and Florence Arrowsmith, who celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary om 2005, say the secrets of the world's longest marriage are don't sleep on an argument, always share a kiss and hold hands before going to bed.
2007-10-22 15:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by Libby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guiness world records.
2007-10-22 15:12:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't that be statutory rape now a days?
2007-10-22 15:16:01 · answer #4 · answered by Mezmarelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't hear about this. that there is a couple like this.
2007-10-22 15:16:06 · answer #5 · answered by instructure cs101 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2398463.stm
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/2006-06/02/content_606771.htm
2007-10-22 15:15:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋