It's unusual to see
someone preparing for
their own wedding at
an apartment complex
for the elderly.
"Run, run, run. That's what
it's been, running mostly
everyday," the bride Lena
Henderson said. Saturday
the 85-year-old widow will
be married by her pastor in
Buffalo. "We're the oldest
couple that he's married in
our church," Henderson
said. "He says that he's
very excited."
Roland Davis lost his own
wife six months ago. With a
push from his daughter,
Davis called up Henderson
and proposed. He said he
wasn't nervous. "I'm too old
to be nervous," he said.
Maybe it was easier the
second time around for the
85-year-old from Colorado
Springs. "We've always
been in love," Davis said.
He and Henderson got
married once before when
they were teenagers. They
had five children. But they
divorced 48-years-ago.
"We were young when we
married and I don't think he
was really ready to be a
married man," Henderson
said.
The couple stayed in touch,
even as they both
remarried. "When we
divorced we were still
friends and we're still
friends," Henderson said.
"She never said a bad
word about him," daughter
Renita Shadwick said. "He
never spoke anything but
kind and loving remarks
about her."
Of course some things will
be different when they tie
the knot this time
around.Their children will
be there for one. In fact
there will be five
generations of the family at
the wedding.
Plus, this time they're
getting married in a church.
"This is the last go around
for us," Henderson said.
"We won't be able to do it
again. So it's important for
me to be in my church."