The first time I saw my future spouse:

He says: “I’ve always said she was the prettiest girl in Brixey Hollow.”

She says: “I’ve always said I was the only one. He was a good person. I liked him.”

On our wedding day:

He says: “We were waiting for our friends in the courthouse. They were going to be our witnesses. But they were late and the office was about to close. We discovered they had witnesses inside so we didn’t wait for our friends.”

She says: “I was scared we were going to have to spend the night in the car because we couldn’t get on the ferry to go across the Buffalo River.”

My advice for a long happy marriage:

He says: “Our family knew her family. We were of the same church persuasion. We were all at the same economic level. I think all those are factors in a lasting relationship.”

She says: “Trust each other. I never worried about him and I hope he didn’t worry about me.”