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World's Oldest Couple Aged 105 & 106 Set To Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary by dayo229: 4:55pm On Dec 16, 2019
John Henderson, aged 106 and Charlotte Curtis aged 105 are officially recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the world's oldest couple and will on December 22, 2019, celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary, and 85 years after sitting in a zoology class in 1934.

John and Charlotte married in a tiny ceremony with only two guests present on Dec. 22, 1939 and during their honeymoon in San Antonio, they stayed at a hotel that cost $7 a night.

Even though they known each other for 85 years, they have been married only for 80, meaning the record for the longest marriage according to Guinness World Records, belongs to Zelmyra and Herbert Fisher, who wed at the ages of 17 and 19, respectively, and were married for 86 years and 290 days before Herbert’s death in 2011.

Speaking to Washington post on Sunday, John Henderson said;

“it took her five years to make up her mind that she wanted to get married,”

Speaking about the first time he got a radio, John said;

“And I well-remember that long antenna. They had to put it up from the front yard to the backyard to receive a radio show,” he said.

He recalls renting a room while in the University of Texas in the early 1930s across the street from the Gregory Gym, one of the few historical buildings remaining on the campus.

“The neighbors next door had a cow and chickens. You can imagine today a cow and chicken house across the street from Gregory, where the campus is so large now you wouldn’t recognize hardly anything,” John said.

“I thought he was just a fine fella, and I didn’t mind his looking over my shoulder,” Charlotte told The Washington Post, remembering the first time she saw John in a Zoology class in front of John while he made passes at her.

The pair have been lauded by many for their long, milestone-filled life together.

Source:
https://www.denland.site/2019/12/worlds-oldest-couple-aged-105-106-set.html

Re: World's Oldest Couple Aged 105 & 106 Set To Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary by ncpat(m): 4:58pm On Dec 16, 2019
Good
Re: World's Oldest Couple Aged 105 & 106 Set To Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary by koolib(m): 5:04pm On Dec 16, 2019
Wow. Living long is a gift from God. No matter what they go through in life, people who will live long will surely do
Re: World's Oldest Couple Aged 105 & 106 Set To Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary by RiyadhGoddess(f): 5:15pm On Dec 16, 2019
Waoooh I tap into their long life.
God please remember the covenant between you & I Sir.
Re: World's Oldest Couple Aged 105 & 106 Set To Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary by djoe21(m): 5:35pm On Dec 16, 2019
Thought they said when you marry your agemate, the woman will look like your mother with time as women age faster. Well this woman ain't looking like the mother of the man.
Re: World's Oldest Couple Aged 105 & 106 Set To Celebrate 80th Wedding Anniversary by FactBoyz: 6:43pm On Dec 16, 2019
Wow..

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