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90 year olds marry after 40 years of friendship (Col. William Thomas - Eisenhower's personal pilot)
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| 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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He celebrates his 92nd birthday Thursday.
Happy birthday to the newlywed!
To: Libloather
Good for them! That is great, and the photo is too.
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posted on
01/01/2012 5:52:04 PM PST
by
Psalm 144
(Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
To: Libloather
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posted on
01/01/2012 5:55:34 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Libloather
What a lovely story, and a lovely couple.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:14:19 PM PST
by
SuzyQue
To: nuconvert
Oh, I so hope they've been messin' around at least a little over the past 40 years. I mean, c'mon...
Am I a bad person?
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:14:40 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Libloather; mrreaganaut
Awww...my husband and I met when we were 3, first time he asked me to marry him we were 5, best friends all the way through school, lost each other for a few years when I joined the Mormon church, when I came home (and to my senses), he was there waiting for me. Asked me the night I called him to tell him I had moved home. We haven’t been apart since. It is always best to marry your best friend.
This is a sweet story.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:17:07 PM PST
by
reaganaut
(Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
To: Libloather
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times... Pilots are horn-dogs.
Congrats to the couple. And then I stumble over the 'may they have many children' part of the toast... Oy..
/johnny
To: reaganaut
...first time he asked me to marry him we were 5...Apparently, you said 'yes'.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:23:13 PM PST
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: Libloather; mrreaganaut
Apparently, you said ‘yes’.
- - - —
I said yest 18 times before I got the ring. He asked me all through Jr. High and High School. We never even thought of dating, but we did jokingly pick out names for our kids - just because us getting married was such a run on joke.
Well, the joke is on him.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:27:35 PM PST
by
reaganaut
(Ex-Mormon, now Christian "I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see")
To: reaganaut
I said yest 18 times before I got the ring.The wonderful event must've been a real yawner. "Yeah, yeah. Just hand it over."
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:38:05 PM PST
by
Libloather
(The epitome of civility.)
To: Libloather
Ah yes but not without their parents permission. Eloping is out of the question.... (:
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:44:26 PM PST
by
tflabo
(Restore the Republic)
To: Libloather
I’m guessing she has acute angina.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:45:20 PM PST
by
Mercat
(It's Christmas until Jan. 6th)
To: Psalm 144
Yeah, very sweet.
It's too easy to confuse romance with drama.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:48:26 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Mercat
Dropping your v’s there, I see.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:51:05 PM PST
by
bvw
To: Libloather
The both look absolutely terrific for their ages. What a wonderful feel-good story! Thanks for posting.
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posted on
01/01/2012 6:55:34 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: Mercat
I’m guessing she has acute angina.
To: billorites
Oh, I so hope they've been messin' around at least a little over the past 40 years.LOL! Pilots DO have a reputation...
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posted on
01/01/2012 7:03:34 PM PST
by
mrreaganaut
(Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed.)
To: Libloather; reaganaut
“Yeah, yeah. Just hand it over.”
Pretty much - she said the music was too loud for her to understand me...
But she did take the ring.
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posted on
01/01/2012 7:05:52 PM PST
by
mrreaganaut
(Stupidity killed the cat. Curiosity was framed.)
To: Mercat
I read that twice...it was funny both times!
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posted on
01/01/2012 7:12:05 PM PST
by
23 Everest
(When seconds count. The police are just minutes away. 831 Bonnie)
To: Libloather
McSpadden owned an antique store in Charleston.C'mon, ...it wasn't that old. ;^)
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posted on
01/01/2012 7:16:45 PM PST
by
Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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