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90 year olds marry after 40 years of friendship (Col. William Thomas - Eisenhower's personal pilot)
Live 5 News ^ | 12/29/11

Posted on 01/01/2012 5:48:15 PM PST by Libloather

90 year olds marry after 40 years of friendship
Updated: Dec 29, 2011 12:13 PM EST

Charleston, SC (AP) - A 91-year-old newlywed says she expects to spend a dozen more years with her 92-year-old spouse following their wedding at a retirement home on James Island.

According to media reports, Margaret McSpadden and retired Air Force Col. William Thomas married Wednesday at Bishop Gadsden.

Thomas is a World War II veteran and was President Dwight Eisenhower's personal pilot. He celebrates his 92nd birthday Thursday. McSpadden owned an antique store in Charleston.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: dwightdeisenhower; eisenhower; generaleisenhower; marry; pilot; southcarolina; thomas
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To: Libloather; mrreaganaut

LOL. Not quite. It was sweet, but he did have the stereo on to loud for me to hear him and I actually wanted to hear him when he meant it for real.


21 posted on 01/01/2012 7:31:04 PM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: mrreaganaut; reaganaut
But she did take the ring.

Who doesn't?

Facebook Pictures Lead to Man’s Arrest after Marriage Proposal (stolen ring)

22 posted on 01/01/2012 7:37:41 PM PST by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: reaganaut

That’s a sweet story.


23 posted on 01/01/2012 7:41:56 PM PST by Graybeard58 (Eccl 10 v. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.)
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To: Mercat

Believe me, there’s nothing ‘cute’ about angina.


24 posted on 01/01/2012 8:01:40 PM PST by Ax
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To: reaganaut

We have Ike’s old Air Force One out here at the Camarillo Airport, California—They are restoring the old Connie and hope to display her.


25 posted on 01/01/2012 8:04:45 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: mrreaganaut; Libloather; reaganaut

Sweet... now mrreaganaut joins in. Glad to see both of you still in love. Now if we can only look like this couple at 92 years of age.


26 posted on 01/01/2012 8:19:40 PM PST by Orange1998 (Obama also inherited AAA credit rating.)
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To: Orange1998; mrreaganaut; Libloather

Now if we can only look like this couple at 92 years of age.

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Agreed. LOL.


27 posted on 01/01/2012 8:26:15 PM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: Forward the Light Brigade; mrreaganaut

We have Ike’s old Air Force One out here at the Camarillo Airport, California—They are restoring the old Connie and hope to display her.

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Nice. MrR lived in Camarillo for about a year.


28 posted on 01/01/2012 8:29:40 PM PST by reaganaut (Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
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To: Mercat

Oh, that joke is so bad it draws flies!


29 posted on 01/01/2012 8:29:40 PM PST by 60Gunner (Eternal vigilance or eternal rest. Make your choice.)
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To: Libloather

I’m 35 and I’ve never had a serious boyfriend.

I guess there’s still hope.


30 posted on 01/01/2012 11:30:43 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: Libloather

They look good for their age!


31 posted on 01/01/2012 11:31:37 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: reaganaut

It’s too bad my best friend and I aren’t meant for each other.

Oh,well.

If G-d has someone in mind I’m sure He’ll let me know.


32 posted on 01/01/2012 11:33:37 PM PST by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (Straight and proud.)
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To: Libloather

I guess this sort of evens out the story of the elderly man who is suing his wife for divorce over an affair many decades ago.


33 posted on 01/02/2012 12:58:30 AM PST by jocon307
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To: Libloather

Now that’s OPTIMISM! God Bless them both!


34 posted on 01/02/2012 3:21:04 PM PST by SuziQ
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