Stan Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Groom's 93, bride's 89 BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA PALM BEACH POST WEST PALM BEACH -- File this under ``It's never too late.'' Sunday, before a crowd of friends and relatives, Ebenezer Rose, 93, wed Monica Hayden, 89, in a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza hotel on Belvedere Road. The couple said they decided to take the plunge after a brief courtship. Rose, who as a younger man traveled the world as a missionary for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, met Hayden in church about 20 years ago. ''She had eyes on me all these years,'' said Rose, who lost Bernice, his wife of 58 years, about four years ago. ``By God's grace, we're here.'' He proposed to Hayden, whose two husbands are gone now, too, the second about six months ago. 'I told her, `Each of us is living a lonely life. Why not get married?' '' When the day finally arrived, Rose dressed in a dapper tan suit and sat in a chair in front of the crowd of well-wishers, awaiting his bride. She appeared at last to a flourish of music, decked out in white gloves, a beaded shawl and a glittering tiara. A wide grin spread across Rose's face, and stayed there. After the kiss, and the champagne toast, and the meal and the cake, after the last guests had wished them health and happiness, Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Rose lingered a moment to consider their new life together. ''It was more than I expected,'' Mrs. Rose said, her tiara sparkling in the light. ``Beautiful.'' Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Stan Posted June 8, 2009 Author Posted June 8, 2009 I hope they did not "have" to get married, if you know what I mean. Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Liz Posted June 8, 2009 Posted June 8, 2009 Just goes to show, that love never grows old. Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes.
Moderators Nan Posted June 8, 2009 Moderators Posted June 8, 2009 Groom's 93, bride's 89BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA PALM BEACH POST WEST PALM BEACH -- File this under ``It's never too late.'' She appeared at last to a flourish of music, decked out in white gloves, a beaded shawl and a glittering tiara. A wide grin spread across Rose's face, and stayed there. ''It was more than I expected,'' Mrs. Rose said, her tiara sparkling in the light. ``Beautiful.'' I am being very wicked.....I do hope Mrs Rose was decked out in more than the article describes. teehe A (second) cousin of mine got married a few months before Sammy and I, which is nearly 6 years ago now. He will be 96 this year and she is 91. The marriage has been a great blessing to both, and both also still 'have all their marbles' as the saying goes. Congratulations and all the best to the Roses. Quote
Members phkrause Posted June 8, 2009 Members Posted June 8, 2009 Wouldn't that be something! pk Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
nuff sed Posted June 9, 2009 Posted June 9, 2009 I'll bet they spent their whole honeymoon "getting out of the car"! Quote
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